Moral Collapse. Don’t We Recognize Evil?

Israel was attacked by Hamas terrorists. ~1,400 deaths, ~3,500 wounded and ~200 taken as hostages. Thousands of rockets were sent as armed attackers entered Israel. Civilian men, women, and children killed in their neighborhoods and homes. Hostages face more indignities like torture and rape.

Where are the protests supporting the victims? 

Instead we see protests supporting attackers. We see fake news stories like ‘500 Gazans killed in hospital bombing’ repeated in a race to be first to report stories. Everyone jumping to the conclusion Israel committed a war crime.

A bomb hit a parking lot outside hospital (not the hospital), est. deaths ~50 to low 100s, damage was too small to be Israel air strikes, and likely a misfired rocket from Palestinian Islamic Jihad shooting at Israel. (Have you seen any retraction or corrections?)

Ukraine was invaded by Russian military forces from all directions. Indiscriminate bombing killing men, women and children. Captured women raped and men castrated. Children kidnapped and taken away from families to foreign country. 

The war is less than 2 years old and people want to cut off aid to Ukraine. “Negotiate a settlement. Give them Crimea.” We gave Putin Moldova in 1992, Georgia in 2008 and Crimea in 2014. Did that stop Putin from invading the whole country? Prevent other terrorist attacks or invasions with the knowledge victims will be supported and wrongs will be righted despite the cost. You can’t negotiate with killers.

Influenced by Douglas Murray in The Telegram article “The aftermath of Hamas’s attack on Israel exposes the West’s moral collapse” which I found on MSN (google it). He points out Europe, Australia and US have more pro-Palestine protests. Some even saying ‘Gas the Jews”. 

Anti-Semitism is alive and well. Not recognized as a moral failing. We need to stop it.

I don’t blame the average Gaza or Russian citizen for their leader’s decisions. Often the knowledge is kept from them. My faith tells me to love everyone. Matthew 5:43-44

I Stand with the Jews. I Stand with Ukraine. 

 

Facing Truth in Europe about the Ukraine War

 Finally seeing articles clarifying truths about war in Europe this weekend. The Guardian and FT had opinion pieces bringing clarity to the situation in Europe. Rolling Stone had a tremendous article by an in-country reporter. 

Putin is not at war only for Ukraine. The goal is to conquer Europe to take back most USSR territory and own the Black Sea. “He has weaponised food, energy and refugees.” The only option is to defeat him militarily per The Guardian. 

Belgium and eastern EU have a fantasy they can negotiate peace for land. Putin thinks he is winning. Looking at maps where Russia controls an eighth of Ukraine, would agree. Why else would he terrorize randomly shelling residential areas. Wants to scare people to surrender.

Putin warned on July 7 that “we haven’t even yet started anything in earnest” in Ukraine. Russia is not on war footing yet. In the Rolling Stone article Edward Lucas, of the Center for European Policy Analysis, “I think Putin’s aim is 1) to render Ukraine non-viable — crippled, uninvestable, in political social and economic torment, and 2) to show that the West doesn’t have the willpower to resist him.” 

FT points out the concentration of spending has been on expensive weapon systems and Europe’s confidence no one would attack NATO led to minimal stockpiles of artillery and other ground force weapons and little manufacturing to produce replacement quickly. Know from working on M-16 and M-203 production lines, the army paid to maintain production capability. We may have lost that knowledge. How quick can we ramp up production in Europe and USA? 

We have many issues to solve beyond providing weapons, and more are needed to stop the war. Feeding the world without Ukraine and Russian production. Europe may have low-income and pensioners freeze to death if we can’t get more natural gas there and find ways to generate more electricity this winter. 

Likely we will be in this war after Putin passes away. He set this up as his legacy. We also need to watch other dictators who want their legacy.