Jeff - As it happens, I spoke yesterday with a man who’s visited Ukraine regularly, frequently, for 50 years doing missionary and humanitarian work. He has countless friends and contacts there. He was there just last week! I asked him about Ukrainians in the eastern sector, whether it’s true that most of them support the Russian invas…
Jeff - As it happens, I spoke yesterday with a man who’s visited Ukraine regularly, frequently, for 50 years doing missionary and humanitarian work. He has countless friends and contacts there. He was there just last week! I asked him about Ukrainians in the eastern sector, whether it’s true that most of them support the Russian invasion and would prefer to rejoin Russia in some form. He said it’s not true, that this narrative is Russian propaganda. Much of the population in the east has Russian roots and Russian is their first language, but most prefer living in Ukraine as currently constituted. Why? The reason is simple. They’ve gotten used to a free society in Ukraine and have no desire to live under Russian totalitarianism. Communism is officially defunct in Russia, but state power remains and these Ukrainians want no part of it despite their Russian heritage.
Thanks, Mark. I think we can agree that it’s hard to know what to believe. I’m certain of a few things though. I’m certain that there is always more than one perspective on all events, and I’m just as certain that the msm is only providing one of those perspectives. I’m just as certain that until recently the msm depicted Ukraine as one of the most corrupt nations in the world. I don’t necessarily support the perspective of the Russian separatists in Ukraine. I’m just trying to demonstrate that there are, in fact, other perspectives.
Thanks for your sensible reply. Two things can be true at once: Ukrainian politicians and corporations can be corrupt, and Ukrainians - most of whom are NOT corrupt - can deserve freedom from Russian domination.
Absolutely. My heart goes out to the people of Ukraine. We are all pawns to at least one degree or another in a global power struggle. And right now the Ukrainian people are pawns on one the most dangerous parts of the elite’s chessboard.
Jeff - As it happens, I spoke yesterday with a man who’s visited Ukraine regularly, frequently, for 50 years doing missionary and humanitarian work. He has countless friends and contacts there. He was there just last week! I asked him about Ukrainians in the eastern sector, whether it’s true that most of them support the Russian invasion and would prefer to rejoin Russia in some form. He said it’s not true, that this narrative is Russian propaganda. Much of the population in the east has Russian roots and Russian is their first language, but most prefer living in Ukraine as currently constituted. Why? The reason is simple. They’ve gotten used to a free society in Ukraine and have no desire to live under Russian totalitarianism. Communism is officially defunct in Russia, but state power remains and these Ukrainians want no part of it despite their Russian heritage.
Thanks, Mark. I think we can agree that it’s hard to know what to believe. I’m certain of a few things though. I’m certain that there is always more than one perspective on all events, and I’m just as certain that the msm is only providing one of those perspectives. I’m just as certain that until recently the msm depicted Ukraine as one of the most corrupt nations in the world. I don’t necessarily support the perspective of the Russian separatists in Ukraine. I’m just trying to demonstrate that there are, in fact, other perspectives.
Thanks for your sensible reply. Two things can be true at once: Ukrainian politicians and corporations can be corrupt, and Ukrainians - most of whom are NOT corrupt - can deserve freedom from Russian domination.
Absolutely. My heart goes out to the people of Ukraine. We are all pawns to at least one degree or another in a global power struggle. And right now the Ukrainian people are pawns on one the most dangerous parts of the elite’s chessboard.