Putin's Patience Pays Off
The United States stabs Ukraine in the back and rewards Russia for genocide.
Vladimir Putin waited us out. As the saying goes, good things come to those who wait. Putin, while criticized by many in his own country, waited. He shook. He was pale like a vampire. His legs trembled uncontrollably, and the world giggled. Who’s laughing now?
For three years, a war started by Russia has been raging against the people of Ukraine. Russia commits genocide against the Ukrainian nation, and most Russians, Chinese, North Koreans, India, Turkey, Iranians, and a large assortment of African countries are completely okay with this violence. They are offended when Russian soldiers rape young girls or elderly women. So unbothered by these atrocities that many of the citizens of these countries blame the Ukrainians.
The relatively sane leaders of the world united to oppose Russia. We all know this tragic history, and we have sliced, diced, and minced the details of this war here on Medium endlessly. I have written no less than 100,000 words on this topic, and anyone who reads my regularly knows my feelings about Putin, modern Russian society, and anyone who dares to express support for Russia’s war of genocide. At the same time, I don’t believe the victory that President Zelensky hopes for is possible.
I speak to Ukrainians regularly, and the sense of fatigue is beginning to wear down their resolve. As much as they would love to get back the occupied territories, many no longer are willing to die for those lands. Many Ukrainians just want the missiles to stop and for peace to settle onto the lands where it is still possible.
The Orange elephant
Now, let’s address the orange, child-molesting, and raping elephant in the room: Donald Trump.
Donald Trump is a vile piece of shit whose every additional breath taken is a theft from the rest of us. He is stealing our air, and I don’t like it. He is not a man but a cowering coward who finds strength in befriending other cowardly dictators like Putin and Xi.
Trump and his coterie of ignorant sycophants are now out in the world screaming to anyone who will listen that on February 24th, 2022, Ukraine provoked Russia, forcing Russia to invade Ukraine to protect itself. Now, the mindless cultists are happily aligning themselves with the fantastical lies of the Kremlin. The Republican Party of the United States of America, three years after the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, is fully aligned with Vlad the Rapist — Vlad the Butcher, Vlad the Coward.
Putin’s murder and imprisonment of Russians opposed to the war has become a model for behavior for Trump. Trump gets aroused when he sees the “strength” of Putin, when he sees how innocent Russians are locked away for expressing views against the war. Trump sees Putin’s behavior as a model for what he hopes can happen in the United States. No one in the Republican Party today is questioning Trump’s aspirations. Few in the Republican Party are disgusted by America’s sudden and horrific alignment with Russia.
Aligning with Russia would have been like the U.S. aligning with Nazi Germany in 1939.
As more Ukrainians today will die at the hands of the invading and raping Russians, many of us throughout the world will never forget, and never let Russia forget — and now never let Republicans forget — that their support for Putin makes them less human.
Today, we pray for the people of Ukraine, and we offer up a request to God to free this Earth of the evil that not only resides in the Kremlin but now also the White House.
As inspired as I was by the leadership of Joe Biden, I am utterly sickened by the embarrassment and cowardice of Trump and his cult.