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Hmmm... interesting thought.

I think that either we would realize that we don't know that we don't know and actively seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit,

Or

Think we have it all figured out from the fragments that we have memorized.

Lots of people do that now lol lol

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
(Probably Voltaire)

Thanks, much appreciated!

That is too funny! Thanks for the laugh!

Thanks much!

That's a good point...

As far as the nuclear deal with Iran... I'm rolling my eyes, sighing heavily and thinking of two words: "Operation Opera"...

Hey all!

Good to see so many familiar names!!!

Even though I'm joining the conversation late, I'd like to throw a couple of things out there... and let me preface this by saying that my perspective is from many years of preparing to meet the screaming Soviet hordes as they streamed through the Fulda Gap, and many hours in classrooms on Smoke Bomb Hill at Ft Bragg studying the enemy. These opinions are my own...

First of all, after the fall of the USSR many former apparatchiks were stunned and ashamed of what had happened to "Mother Russia". The loss of prestige and power on the world stage (as well as personal power) and the social upheaval that went with it was almost too much to bear. The Russian military...the glory of the Soviet Union...was a collection of rustng ships without fuel, tanks and aircraft without parts, and a shrinking army they couldn't afford to pay for. The worst blow to the national psyche was the loss of influence in the world. Former Warsaw Pact nations joining NATO??? Egads!!!

So then, I think that in Putin we see a man driven to reclaim the glory of the Soviet Union...he's spent the last 22 years rebuilding the Russian military and bringing a sense of pride back to the Russian people.

This makes him extraordinarily dangerous IMO because he is a driven man.

I think that we can see direct correlations to the rise of the NSDAP and the 3d Reich after WW1, and the grabbing for land, prestige, and power that ultimately plunged Europe into WW2.

I've said all that to say this: Russia today has broken out and is following the old Soviet playbook to the letter. Not only militarily, but also in terms of establishing a new Iron Curtain in Russia herself.

Therefore (and this is my opinion), any negotiated peace will only be possible if the Ukrainians are negotiating from a position of power, otherwise such peace will be seen by Putin as a victory...and I fear he will be encouraged to invade yet more countries.

Thanks for letting me rant....

Roger that 🙂