"not everything in the world has two sides..."

The war in Ukraine has affected --affects-- most of the world, in one way or another. The atrocities committed by Putin, done through his often-unwilling soldiers, are mounting every day. Hunger, cold, constant human losses-- these are all part of the "game" of war. One statistic that is making me extremely worried and furious is the kidnapping and relocating of over 6000 Ukrainian children, taken from their homes and family members and "adopted" into Russian homes. Snatched from their families, they will now be raised as Russian children, indoctrinated into the official mind-set and eventually turned against their own culture, home, and relatives.

Disgusting.

The horrors of war are visited upon the defenseless. Time and time again. This time, we are seeing it happen before our eyes, thanks in large part to the availability of the internet.

When I read and hear of members of Congress talk about "aid fatigue" I want to scream; they are getting tired of helping children? 

Heather Cox Richardson is a political historian, and she writes a very readable and insightful blog; her analysis of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's speech to the UN Security Council Ministerial Meeting discusses this issue in depth. You can find her discussion here.

Pray for peace, but not at the expense of Ukraine's sovereignty. And please, let your representatives --your neighbors!--know that the world needs to unite to end this mess.

Do it for the children, if nothing else.

Take care,

C