Day 557
On (not) seeing red
I left a bunch of YouTube news-about-Ukraine links in yesterday’s post, but forgot to say that more than 99% of my understanding and misunderstanding of the war comes firsthand from friends, in-laws, acquaintences, co-workers, volunteer and professional soldiers, minus the ex pat community, although I vouch for Yuri’s depictions of what’s needed. Also Triple C’s dispatches from eastern Ukraine document the resistance underway. Both will be back in Kyiv this October to sign autographs.
The war has many facets and is variously viewed a struggle between dictatorship and democracy, between revolution and counterrevolution, fascism and anti-fascism, that which is morally right and profoundly immoral and wicked. Being located smack dab in the thick of it, I see it, first and foremost, as a genocidal campaign, generally. Specifically, it is deliberate attempt to murder me and therefore personal. The military maneuvering and battle plans are continually updated and depicted…
