After seeing some of these videos myself, I have a whole other level of deep empathy for you and other vets. I want to give you a mom hug. Humans are monsters… I hope you’ve found healthy ways to cope, and find light. War is pure evil. Hell on Earth. Fuck Putin and his minions.
I greatly appreciate that understanding and caring instinct. Yes, this is the dark aspect of what we humans are, and what I'd like to see us evolve past. There are a few more aspects that hurt my heart. There are men who were raised and/or conditioned to do violence. The poverty and hardships that the oligarchs in Russia created during and after the fall of the Soviet Union (imho) created a higher concentration of merciless men, and we're seeing the results now in the raped, tortured, and murdered Ukranians. Men who had no hope of happiness, and very little choice, given no options. I feel both hate but also some pity for Russian soldiers. Fuck war. Fuck Putin, and the oligarchs backing him.
I was a little irritated when I saw the news of a lack of amenities being a hardship when rape, torture and murder of civilians was happening.
I once saw two Iraqi mothers whose contribution to the insurgent effort was sewing suicide vests. Both had sent a son to die already. The eyes of those women haunt me. We will have peace when mothers love their sons more than they hate their enemies. Whether it's propaganda, culture, or something else, it has to change.
Destroy the concept of Russia and you will free Russians (and Ukrainians etc) of age old narratives used to oppress generation upon generation of people.
I hope you (and anyone else who needs to) see this comment not as pandering, but as someone who - despite seeing my share of terrible stuff - hasn't seen the scope of what you and others have.
Sometimes, it really behooves me to just watch a couple episodes of Mr. Rogers, Bob Ross, or Carl Sagan, and remember that there is always a force for good, for love, for community, for understanding, and for peace, even if it can be hard to find sometimes.
I don't see it as pandering, but I wish I was back at a point that helped. Not to be fatalistic. And this is after dealing with a lot of demons, with therapy and meds.
I get it. I don't understand on the same level, but I understand being beyond that point of help.
I hope that you find what makes things better for you. No one deserves to go what you and so many others have gone through. I hope we all find that peace.
I agree with your insight. It leads me to think that working to eradicate poverty and hardship is one thing we can do ourselves to help stop the creation of merciless people( know you said men, but have met me some merciless women warriors in my time)
I once saw two Iraqi mothers whose contribution to the insurgent effort was sewing suicide vests. Both had sent a son to die already. The eyes of those women haunt me. We will have peace when mothers love their sons more than they hate their enemies. Whether it's propaganda, culture, or something else, it has to change.
It strips your soul in many ways seeing the worst of humanity.
That's why it's so important to really focus on the best of humanity whenever we can. The news won't always show it, so we have to be purposeful in looking for the good to balance the bad.
Yep. Whenever I see sadness beyond my help I vow to make my life and those around me as happy as possible. I feel that's the least I can do to pay respect for those suffering
The West needs to up its game against Russia. Send combat jets, bombers, "advisors", special forces to eliminate the Russian troupes responsible for these atrocities. Biden and the rest of the West is afraid of WWIII but perhaps we in the US need to realize that Putin and the Russian army will continue to kill civilians and destroy the cities, towns, villages of Ukraine until all that is left is dust. Fuck Putin to hell and all other criminals like him. Help Ukraine to bomb more Russian towns. And let Xi Jinping and all other Putin supports know that their time will come.
Russians are barbarians who killed children 👦, men and raped the women before killing them. Why won’t the UN 🇺🇳 act and stop Russia 🇷🇺. It’s Disgraceful. Reddit is exposing Putin and Russians for who they are. But note the Russians report you on Reddit for exposing them….
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u/H3DWlG Apr 04 '22
After seeing some of these videos myself, I have a whole other level of deep empathy for you and other vets. I want to give you a mom hug. Humans are monsters… I hope you’ve found healthy ways to cope, and find light. War is pure evil. Hell on Earth. Fuck Putin and his minions.