Game on? Or game over?

"Enjoy any pyrrhic victory you might gain from your invasion of Ukraine Vladimir Putin. Your victory will be hollow. Your victory feast will be toxic. And - enjoy your war criminal trial at the Hauge. It will be your last."   

Oh, the irony. Today in Russia, May 9th, is Victory Day. We call it VE day. It is when the Nazis were finally defeated, and all of the madness which happened during World War II, ended. But what then, is the irony? Simply this - since Russia is butted right up to Europe, it was easy for Germany to invade Russia. And Russia suffered terrible losses. Like 27,000,000 dead - both military and civilian. A very large number compared to the 400,000 Americans lost during that war.

One would think, even though it has only been 80 years or so, the Russian people would remember the torture, pain and death of being invaded. Almost conquered. One would think of all nations, the Russian memory would be the sharpest. But it is not. 

But the fact is this. The invaded, have now become the invaders. That is the irony. And the frosting on the cake drips with even more irony - Putin has told the Russian people, he is fighting the Nazis who have control of Ukraine. Really Vladimir? Is that the best you can come up with?

Rumor has it that now that it is May 9th, Vladimir is going to unleash the rest of the hell that remains to be unleashed. He will declare war on Ukraine, which will allow Putin to (legally) conscript. Now he can use all the "toys" in his toy chest to pound Mariupol into submission. Kill every last one of those brave Ukrainian Marines. And then, at long last, Putin will parade Mariupol as his prize of victory. But it will be a hollow victory. The freedom fighters of Ukraine will NEVER allow that victory to stand. Come hell or high water, they will take back Mariupol.

Putting the Communist Revolution aside, there was some good history in the Russian people. Now all that will be muted, as Russia is about to be declared to be a terrorist state. A rogue state, run by war criminals. Not even close to being "good guys" (like the Americans were looked upon in each of the world wars), Russia is now the black hat nation. Reviled instead of revered. 

Enjoy any pyrrhic victory you might gain from your invasion of Ukraine Vladimir Putin. Your victory will be hollow. Your victory feast will be toxic. And - enjoy your war criminal trial at the Hague. It will be your last.