I'm not really looking at the Russian side. I'm an American. These sociopathic hustlers have been selling this same shit for seventy years. It was Eisenhower who coined the term, "military industrial complex."

Ukraine is just the latest roadkill in a long line. That the Ukrainians bought into it, looking at all the evidence, suggests the very lack of a strong national identity they insist on claiming. They must have thought Daddy America was going to save them from Mother Russia.

They were a bridge, giving all the money they were making transshipping the oil.

Life is a bitch. Especially when we ignore the realities.

A Big Reality Check is in the mail.