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I remember the USSR's invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, just as Putin does, though our perspective is undeniably different. Much of the same propaganda and misinformed 'Slavic brotherhood' ideals were used then to halt Czech liberalization as are being used now to justify crushing Ukraine's independence. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/putins-history-of-russia-ukraine-has-an-all-too-soviet-legacy/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-invade-czechoslovakia

Putin, 45's absolute favorite dictatorial strongman, began his career as a KGB officer in the 1980s. He formed ties with the Russian Mafia and oligarchs and has been able to leverage himself into the position of absolute power he has today. He's been President of Russia or the authority behind that office for more than 22 years, even while he stepped down for 4 years in 2008. https://en.as.com/en/2022/02/26/latest_news/1645895883_338849.amp.html?espv=1

Putin has shown a rosy nostalgia for the old soviet era and, with his amassed wealth and power, may be melding the goal of bringing back the USSR and casting himself as a new Tsar.
https://newspunch.com/putin-royal-tsar-russia-holy-war/
https://tfiglobalnews.com/2021/10/12/tsar-vladimir-putin-i-modern-russian-empires-first-emperor/
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/09/13/has-putin-become-russias-tsar.html

Here is a collection of Ukraine war editorial photos collected from Twitter on tweets responding to tweets by Dan Rather, Adam Kinzinger, Robert Reich, Beau of the 5th Column, and others. https://www.facebook.com/230044293733723/posts/7319021808169234/?sfnsn=mo

You can find videos about the war on the War☢️Military������️������ playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6H1WUGOYxvBw-7ygHEcxmiQTqrfNuFGb

Other Resources:
https://worldview.stratfor.com/situation-reports?page=sitrep&path=543
https://www.bellingcat.com/tag/ukraine/
https://www.janes.com/search-results?indexCatalogue=all&searchQuery=Ukraine&wordsMode=AllWords&orderBy=Newest

Of Shoes and Stamps and Sealing Wax...
 
There are many who are forwarding an email protesting the new postage stamp celebrating the Muslim holiday of Eid. They say that we should boycott these stamps because it would be "a slap in the face to all those Americans who died at the hands of those whom this stamp honors." They go on to list the bombings of Pan Am Flight 103, the World Trade Center in 1993, military barracks in Lebanon & Saudi Arabia, the USS Cole, & the World Trade Center on 9/11, emphasizing that these were all "Muslim attacks."
 
I work with many Muslims who are American citizens & shared our horror & outrage at these events. To say it was Muslims who committed these acts is exactly like saying it was "Christians who bombed the Oklahoma City Federal Building" or "Christians who perpetrated the massacre at Jonestown." Christians can easily perceive that any terroristic or criminal acts committed by perpetrators who may have been Christian &/or inspired by a twisted interpretation of Christian dogma, are only evil idiots doing what evil idiots do. They don't represent the religion as a whole.
Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish, there really isn't any such-and-such "religion as a whole" anyway. Every faith, if it's existed for any time at all, develops schisms, sects & even what others view as cults, that all claim to be the correct interpretation of that faith. Sometimes this results in violence, which isn't the domain of any religion in particular, but can be seen in the histories of practically every faith in existence. This is truly terrible when you consider that, not only are all of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic faiths actually derived from the same histories and even share the same prophets, but also that with few exceptions, every religious faith currently practiced has the commandment to live by doing right by your fellow man as a basic tenet.
 
You can't condemn an entire religion because of the acts of a few any more than you can condemn all of a certain race or nationality or sexual preference or identity. It's human nature, especially when times are tough, to single out groups that are perceived as being responsible for terrible events & focus the quite natural feelings of hatred & anger on any indiidual who is perceived to be associated with that group. This sort of mob rule has led to some terrible injustices throughout human history. This is dangerously ignorant, recalling our not so distant past: interment & prejudicial treatment of Japanese-Americans,  Italian-Americans  & German-Americans during WWII; lynchings & Jim Crow; "Irish need not apply"; that's only a few.
 
We've survived through the founding Revolution, the Civil War, two World Wars, the Cold War, the Great Depression, 9/11, assassinations, and a multitude of natural disasters throughout American history and we're still struggling to survive today. Our survival & success depends on the best part of our national spirit: disaster, conflict & oppression may bring out the worst in some, but for the vast majority it brings out the best in us. We may hang on to our cultural, religious, or ancestral traditions here in America (hence the hyphens: African-American, Mexican-Americans, and so on...) -- & there are too many religious beliefs among us to name them all (and each adherent would assert that their beliefs are, if not superior to all others, the best-loved one in their own lives) -- but we are all first & foremost *Americans*. And, despite our "hyphens" & our "isms," we help each other through hard times.
 
We are all one people here in America. That's the meaning of our flag. That's what we sing about in our national anthem. That's what's engraved on the plaque on Ellis Island, the meaning of the Statue of Liberty. That's what our country stands for, & that's the only way to ensure that it remains standing. The adage "United We Stand, Divided We Fall" couldn't be more apt than when applied to the United States of America. We celebrate our differences, but we are all Americans.

Before: "We obey only God and our religious leaders. We dont care about what the Americans say." ~ Juad Al-Issawi

After: "I don't want Mohamed's death to be wasted," Menobia Bouazizi, his mother, said. "Mohamed was the key to this revolt."

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