Forgive me for being a teacher here!
Putin may have misjudged the Ukraine situation badly, but there does not seem to be an easy exit strategy that is acceptable. Territory controlled by Russian military forces is less than I would have expected, and secondly, is it controllable – even the areas he thought would be laying rose petals for him seem to be ‘difficult’.
Putin is a very nasty individual who does not value human beings. Talk of a war crimes tribunal is fantasy land for the papers and as about as likely at the moment as the 3rd Unicorn Regiment sweeping the area with support from the 2nd Pacific Mermaid Battalion. I wish I had some artistic talent as I could see some great cartoons here!
P&O is controlled by nasty individuals who do not value human beings. Who Johnson met last week?
Jacob Rees-Mogg is a nasty individual who does not value human beings. I agree with Jonathann Pie – he is a C****.
I could go on…. Johnson is twat, etc. There are so many nasty tories out there – Elphick, Dorries, Raab, etc.
But there was a serious point when I started this post! Has the west learnt that smaller actions lead to bigger ones? Chechnya – Syria – Ukraine. And also the need to have a world presence which this country diminished with Brexit – which also weakened the EU as we probably have one of the most respected foreign office civil service in the world (albeit lead by fuckwits).
I read with interest comments about a 2 hour phone call between Biden and XI, the length of the call is heartening – of course they do not agree, on just about everything, but they are discussing.
China – the right wing in this country vilify this country. It has faults, many heinous, but diplomacy requires accommodation and compromise. The treatment of the Uyghur population cannot be seen to be acceptable – but do we really think this British Government would treat a minority any better?
Also a question – do countries go through a series of events? Is there a British/Western belief that all countries will eventually fall into the western capitalist consumerist pattern.
Obviously Putin is a **** but is there an element of caution to be expressed here? Our political system is not universally accepted or acceptable. My own belief is that globalisation as we know it is due to fail. This is not doom mongering as what follows will eventually be better!