timsk
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😆 Too funny R_L,
I understand and accept that one (me included) wants to think we in the west are the good guys and it's that nasty evil Putin and the Russians who are the bad guys. I used to think that once and, when the penny finally drops that 'we' are every bit as bad - if not worse - than the supposed bad guy(s) - it's a bitter pill to swallow. However, swallow it we must, because burying our heads in the sand and ignoring the failings, shortcomings and sheer criminality of one's own government and projecting all the bad shit onto someone else isn't the answer. It really isn't. Sooner or later, we have to accept that our own governments are run - to a greater or lesser extent - by corrupt politicians who care not one jot about the people who elected them and whom they're supposed to serve. They worship money and retaining power at any cost - even if that involves fighting utterly spurious and pointless wars against imaginary foes who pose zero threat to our national security.
You've been on here long enough R_L for the penny to have dropped; in your heart of heats you surely understand what's really going on - you're just not ready to accept it. Yet. So, here's your New Year challenge: it's time to embrace reality and the uncomfortable truth. It's time to swallow the (red) pill!
