Yes, the brutal invasion of Ukraine by Russia is getting to me -- especially since Putin has his fingers on the start buttons of 6,000 nuclear weapons. He has apparently become dangerously deranged and seems capable of anything.
Ret'd General Rick Hillyer sees no other path than for Putin to be assassinated by someone within his circle inside the Kremlin. Otherwise, all bets are off. Andrew Coyne, the 'Globe's' esteemed columnist (and I used the word "esteemed" as one others would use, not I) also chimed in about this being the only option in today's edition -- although with Coyne, you can skip his entire column and jump to the last paragraph to find the elusive point; the rest is always a lot of justifying bumph.
That's scary!
We have also now learned that a secret plot to assassinate President Zelensky was foiled and the perpetrators "eliminated". But who else is in his crosshairs?! It may be time for the "Harry Truman" solution, although the consequences of such a move would be dire. Frankly, Canada is vulnerable because we have done nothing to protect our northern borders. What have we got up there? A couple of derelict row boats? And as for our air "force", politics has stood in the way of replacing our aging fighter jets for decades, now held precariously together with duct tape and chewing gum.
Successive governments have sat back and done nothing to enhance the military, except investigate harassment claims. That won't get the job done, boys. We have also relied on assuming the US would save our asses, but that MO went out with Trump and still holds with Biden. Nope, we better start arming ourselves because presuming Putin can be bundled off to The Hague War Crimes Tribunal, a la Slobodan Milosovic, is a foolish pipe dream.
(Note: After I have pointed the above inadequacies in our defences, John Ibbitson's column in today's 'Globe' echoes what I wrote. Maybe he reads my blog? Hahahaha!):
But, as I said, all bets are off unless Putin is eliminated.
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