I’ve basically gone down a Ukraine K-Hole for the last week, which is self-destructive for a number of reasons, but mostly because there really isn’t anything I can do to help. It’s also giving me flashbacks to warbloggers days, which for obvious reasons are shameful, but at least this time around I am rooting for the right people.
And look- there are lots of things that can be done, donations, pressure your congressman, etc., and those things absolutely help. But what it really boils down to, in my mind, is that what they need are airplanes, tanks, drones, anti-aircraft defenses, artillery, and I am none of those things and have no access to any of them. This is going to be a long siege, and I think they can hold out for quite some time, but as Adam said to me on the phone and I agree, we are going to have to get to a point where the rest of the world is tired of letting some lunatic in a bunker hold the rest of the world hostage and do something, or Ukraine will eventually fall and then become a rogue nation for a decade as a bloody civil war simmers the entire time. Either we lock down the airspace and start a Berlin airlift style mission, or massively step up our supply of arms, or actually get involved, or, someone puts a bullet into Putin, that is how I think things are going to go.
And I am not saying we SHOULD get involved. I am glad I do not have to make that decision. I understand why the rest of the world is reacting the way they are.
At any rate, back to watching the livecams of Kiev and surfing the internet for reliable information. Thank god we have Adam,, and the threads at LGM have been good, too.