So I’ve blogged a lot less recently and I’m not sure if I’ve spoken about the conflict in Ukraine yet but man as an outside observer it feels like all politicians want WW3.  Why are we governed by people who act like school yard children on the world stage?  Sure Russia is the belligerent however this immediate invasion and conflict did not start last year but has its roots going back much farther.  Watching Western media cheer weapons deliveries and escalation as good things boggles my mind, neither side Russia or NATO (Ukraine is being used as a pawn unfortunately) want peace and at every opportunity either side has only turned up the heat further.

There are no negotiations going on because the logic of thought from both sides are the same.  One wants to negotiate from a position of strength but if you’re in a position of strength continue the fight.  Start to lose and propose talks but don’t want to negotiate while weak so must fight more to get into a better position and around it goes.

I don’t know what the answer is to this conflict, I think the West should acknowledge Russia’s security fears and recognize that it lied to then Russian leaders saying NATO would not expand one inch East after the fall of the Soviet Union and that it had a hand in the 2014 coup in Ukraine, that’d probably help.  Finally give Russia a way out, yeah they were stupid to start this war but if you push Putin into a corner without any options then well we’ll see the actions of a very desperate person…

If only leaders had to fight from the front instead of sending conscripts to die for idiotic political reasons…