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russia invades Ukraine

    I am writing this blog because of the past week of events, when russia began to invade Ukraine. I've never been to Ukraine, and by the looks of it now, I will never get see it in the way it was russia destroyed it. I find it so difficult to believe that human beings still wage wars with one another causing irreversible death and destruction upon one another. Vladmir Putin is a ruthless imperialist DICKtator and I hope his actions lead to his demise. I hope that Ukraine can survive the russian invasion and protect their democratic liberties. I am also worried about Taiwan, which will likely be invaded by China soon, spurring further chaos and disorder across the world. I really hope these escalations don't lead to another world war, but only time will tell. What is certain is that we are living in a breaking point of history and the world may become more dangerous than ever.

    The only upside to this conflict, up to the time of writing this blog, is how the world has responded so far. Many people have protested across the world and many powerful nations are giving military weapons and technology to Ukraine so that they can defend themselves. I've also seen unity among party lines as to how the US should respond, potentially bringing people together politically for the first time since September 11, 2001. Hopefully russia remains isolated in their attempt to obtain their geopolitical objective and fail to do so, while strengthening the collaboration between democratic countries. Hopefully the least amount of people will die so that humanity and that we can live in better harmony.

PS: I purposely wrote russia with lowercase letter because I think Putin is a heartless man and until they can oust him, russia will continue to be a threat to peace and stability around the world.


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