How to stop a bully leader
By vanny
@vandana7 (100524)
India
March 1, 2022 3:41am CST
My mind has been thinking about it.
If the Ukraine citizens and Russian citizens rise up .. Putin naturally becomes somebody nobody wants to listen to.
Including army.
Outsiders attacking will not help. Instead, it will earn Russia more enemies for future disputes for no fault of its ordinary citizens.
They are already gonna pay hefty price through sanctions.
I was touched by a video of a Ukrainian lady giving sunflower seeds to a Russian soldier asking him to grow it on grave (whose she meant was not clear) but defiant attitude was worth a salute.
In this era, when we have International Court of Justice, the UN, far reaching social media, and broadcasting systems, such actions are unexpected. Readying nuclear arms? Sure signs of senility.
I don't know what the equation of my country is with Ukraine. I am told it is not good. EVEN SO...nothing justifies killing of innocents.
My heart bleeds. I am sorry.
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@LadyDuck (471968)
• Switzerland
1 Mar 22
The situation is very bad for us who live here in Europe. The crazy man is not happy about everything Europe decided, he surely has nuclear missiles he could use to "teach us a lesson".
IF and only IF all the population is against a leader they can stand up and fight, but most of the time many also support their leader... did history teach us anything? I do not believe so.
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@wolfgirl569 (107859)
• Marion, Ohio
1 Mar 22
I have read that some Russian soldiers are giving up as they learn what it is really about. Hopefully more continue to do so.
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@wolfgirl569 (107859)
• Marion, Ohio
2 Mar 22
@vandana7 They are protesting him. But he is in hiding so not much else they can do.
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@BarBaraPrz (47611)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
1 Mar 22
I heard today that 600,000 Ukrainian people have crossed over to Poland and are still coming. Think about it: 600,000 people. That's a fair sized city. Hamilton, where I used to live, has a population of 767,000.
I looked up some other population figures. Washington, DC has 601,723 people. The entire state of Vermont has only 643,077. Heck, the Yukon has only about 43,000 people total.
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@BarBaraPrz (47611)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
2 Mar 22
@vandana7 Listening to the news right now and the figure of refugees is up to 800,000. (Not all of them have crossed to Poland.Foreign nationals have returned to their own countries.)
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@vandana7 (100524)
• India
1 Mar 22
I couldn't agree more. If he felt there were rebels out there, who wanted to join Russia, he could have knocked the doors of International Court of Justice, and sought a resolution that would be peaceful to one and all. Killing innocents is so...evil.
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@LindaOHio (181177)
• United States
1 Mar 22
Even though we hear things on the news and feel sorry for the people of the Ukraine; we cannot begin to imagine what it's like living in a Communist and/or war-torn country.
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@vandana7 (100524)
• India
1 Mar 22
That is so true. Unless we go through it we cannot imagine it to that extent. I was just thinking I am 63. At this stage of my life, if China chose to invade India, and destroyed my home, my assets, I would be devastated. I would have no will to live. There would be many out there who are like me. Having worked hard entire life, looking for peaceful retirement. Why leaders have enough power to begin wars that upset lives of so many? Something is wrong with the system. Dreadfully wrong. We should have people being asked when expenses are likely to exceed something. Be it war or anything else. That way we would have control, and we would be truly democratic.
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@LindaOHio (181177)
• United States
2 Mar 22
@vandana7 Just the thought of my home being destroyed, not being able to get food... these things are beyond my comprehension. I am so lucky to live in the United States. I cannot imagine what it's like for the people of the Ukraine.
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@vandana7 (100524)
• India
2 Mar 22
@Adie04 I am the kind... who would say to Putin...ok...you wanna go nuclear...lets have it, lets destroy the world... there will be no Russia, there will be no US, there will be no India, there will be no China, there will be no Pakistan or North Korea...lets slug it out. I am installing a nuclear warhead facing all of you...trigger them as soon as you start.
You don't carry guilt, neither do I. Match between two evil people.
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@sjvg1976 (41289)
• Delhi, India
1 Mar 22
I feel sorry for the innocent people being killed in the war and for those who had to leave their homes leaving all their property which may have taken years for them to earn.
It's hard to judge what's going to happen next. The war certainly will affect us also as things are going to be costly now.
I read somewhere when India did the first nuclear weapon test Ukraine was the first country that .made the objection. It looked as if they were against us and not against nuclear weapons.
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@vandana7 (100524)
• India
2 Mar 22
Today, as usual, I tuned in CNBC 18, and my favorite Latha Venkatesh was giving her analysis...when she was talking GDP numbers ..I was feeling selfish. Here we are talking about our economy, prospects of our future, and there many face no future, and have little to call present either. This has hurt me bad. May be I am extrapolating it to our country. And imagining my situation should such a thing happen. But I am sure that this is a rather cruel thing to do.
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@akalinus (43332)
• United States
1 Mar 22
I read a report that Putin has a brain tumor that is causing him to act in a bizarre way with unpredictable behavior. He will change the world if he is not stopped. I don't know what the answer is. The situation is very bad. Several unstable world leaders have their fingers over the nuke buttons and I am scared even though I live in the USA.
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@vandana7 (100524)
• India
2 Mar 22
The man no longer makes sense to me. Not that I followed him much. But this is something he was planning years ahead. May be even before Crimea invasion. He stocked up assets, personal, and stocked up gold for his country, while the rest of us ignored those assets. I am afraid if he holds a lot of those crypto currencies too.
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@vandana7 (100524)
• India
2 Mar 22
The initial humanity will soon be replaced by resentment. No jobs and home to go back to, they would be looking to earn and competing for jobs in Poland and Hungary. Local folks are gonna resent them even after having helped them initially to get those jobs. Infrastructure would be stretched. There will be small differences that will escalate into big squabbles and then an entire community of Ukrainians would be labeled as "bad". Uprooting a set of people is not a good thing Pony ji.
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@vandana7 (100524)
• India
2 Mar 22
@TheHorse Is it possible to be "good" citizens when you are high strung?
Invariably, patience would be running thin and there will be moments when wrong person would be at the receiving end.
This could lead to feeling ungratefulness and dislike towards the group. Isolation only compounds the issues because the blending now will disappear and competition will surface.
I am for using a drone and distributing pamphlets in Russia showing Putin's property ..titled your money his fun...
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@vandana7 (100524)
• India
2 Mar 22
@Faster16 How? They are not given the powers to convene a meeting..they are artificial entities.
So if an aggrieved nation approaches, then the judges will convene. Without that, it would be deemed ultra vires the power of judges.
Same with the UN. Unless there is request to convene the meeting .. it will be ultra vires for any one person employed at the UN to call the meeting.
And for people to hold grouse, what grouse are we gonna hold?
As India, I knock UN door, saying Russia is attacking Ukraine, please call general body meeting to think of an action, the constitution is such that I am nobody. I have no veto power.
So we need to expand that base, and increase that Veto power to include all nations, not just the select few, especially if one of them is acting like Russia is.
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