I urged President Putin to spare the lives of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers who are surrounded, defenseless and in a very bad position, ” President Trump said publicly. Given the size of his ego, we can imagine how difficult this was for him. But that’s the situation on the front lines.
But wait a minute, are these American soldiers or Ukrainian soldiers? Where is the Ukrainian president? Where are the European advocates of “just peace”? Where are the vocal supporters of Ukraine? It would seem that the Ukrainian regime and friends of Ukraine would not have the slightest problem letting those soldiers be slaughtered. It even seems that they would welcome it because it would be nice to talk about.
The lives and suffering of Ukrainian soldiers are worth less to them than a pile of iron.
It is historically normal for different moral systems to combine solidarity towards their own and brutality towards others. It is historically normal that slaves, traitors or those who have failed are thrown overboard. But in this case, it is the Ukrainian heroes – members of the elite forces who faced Russian superiority for eight months.
A regime that treats its heroes like this is on its way out. And that is just as well.
By the way, if anyone wanted the one event that will wipe out thousands of recruitment videos of the armies of European countries, here it is.
