Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an argument against the United States supporting Ukraine financially and militarily has circulated that I would loosely describe as “America First.” This argument typically has two complementary assertions, (1) that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine does not pose a danger to the vital interests of the United States […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, that began on February 24, 2022, has digressed after one hundred plus days into a trench war slugfest reminiscent of the battles on the Western Front during World War I. Putin’s quick hit strategy to knock out the Ukrainian government in Kyiv and install a Pro-Russian puppet regime […]
Since Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops to invade Ukraine beginning on February 24, 2022, calls of Russian soldiers phoning home that the Ukrainians have intercepted have proliferated on youtube. In those calls Russian soldiers often refer to Ukrainian soldiers as what sounds like “bandits.” The word these Russian soldiers are actually using is Banderites. One […]
My Dad was, for a lack of a better term, a Cold Warrior. He retired from the United States Air Force in the early 1970’s after serving in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. He also served as a command pilot on both nuclear armed B-47 and B-52 Bombers while with the Strategic Air Command […]
I begin this article acknowledging that I am a Ukrainian loyalist and have stated in the past that I feel it is essential that Ukraine be victorious against the invading Russian forces of Vladimir Putin, not only for Ukraine’s sake but for the sake of all freedom loving peoples throughout the world. With that said, […]
One of President Vladimir Putin’s justifications for the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 was his claim that there were Neo-Nazis in Ukraine and his “special military operation” was to achieve the de-Nazification of Ukraine. The common retort by Ukrainians and their supporters is that the President of Ukraine and arguably the […]
Those following the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on February 24, 2022 are now waiting for amassed Russian forces to once again go on the offensive in the Donbas. Despite Russian mouth pieces claiming otherwise, I think it clear that the infamous 40 mile convoy of Russian tanks, artillery, armored personnel carriers, and other […]
Even the most committed urban dweller knows that plants grow from seeds, and if seeds aren’t planted in the ground no plants will grow. Most probably are aware or intuitively know that for farmers there is a “planting season,” followed by a “growing season,” and followed finally by the “time to harvest.” Without a planting […]
Whenever we see an image in the media, we are right to suspect that the picture may be meant to sway us one way or another, to color our perception of reality. The media is so powerful at times, for good and for bad, precisely because it can manipulate our perceptions of events. With that […]
Many of us have been watching with awe the brave struggle of the people of Ukraine against the onslaught of Putin’s invading Russian military. We’ve watched as homes and apartment buildings, hospitals and theaters, have been bombed, and thousands of civilians have died and been wounded. Such has been the nature of this war. The […]