"What about the UN? Were they not formed to keep these wars from happening? Don't make me laugh. All they are concerned about these days is climate this or that. War and peace? Sorry - no longer in their job description."
Don't look now, but the beatitudes are taking a beating. Specifically, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God." The only Bible verse that Vladimir Putin seems to practice these days, is being the Red Horseman from Revelation. Yes, Putin envisions himself as the horseman sitting upon the Red Horse, with a sword with which to slaughter. Donald Trump, on the other hand, has searched high and low for at least a ceasefire. But the animus, the history, between Ukraine and Russia are such that any type of peace is not in the offing.
The war in Gaza? Any better? Nope. Again, Trump has tried to broker a peace deal. No can do. Israel is split in half over this issue. Half the country wants the IDF to go into Gaza with guns blazing. The other half wants the IDF to withdraw so the remaining live and dead hostages can be returned. If not for the hostages that Hamas has illegally kept, Gaza would be a smoldering hole in the ground right now. But the Jewish people, like the American people, value life. The mutts from Hamas? They don't give a whit about human life. Theirs, Israelis or ours.
Our newly minted Secretary of Defense was just in the western Pacific meeting with some of our allies. He let the cat out of the bag. How so? He said to forget 2027 as the year that China could attack Taiwan - instead, it could come at any day now. Holy smokes! If that is true, are we on the verge of a third war right now? Only this one could or would involve us. Then what? It means our trade war with China would be superseded by a shooting war. And it would be ugly and bloody.
Where are the peacemakers in the world right now? The rare souls who audaciously search for peace instead of war. Or are things happening now as they have been predicted in the Bible? Are things all set, and we can't change them? Should we get involved in a war in the Pacific, this time around the oceans will not protect us. The war could come home to be an unwanted visitor for us. Both China and the US would lose ships, planes and people. Heartache and sorrow would be our bedfellows.
What about the UN? Were they not formed to keep these wars from happening? Don't make me laugh. All they are concerned about these days is climate this or that. War and peace? Sorry - no longer in their job description.
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