The world needs a hero…
The news about Ukraine’s so depressing. Hope we’re not heading for WWIII. But, diplomacy didn’t help in 1938 - just ask Chamberlain - so will it now? Many leaders have tried recently, including Macron, with his Napoleon-like eye on elevating himself to be the future EU leader. What’s needed is to see both sides of the argument rather than the western one. Let’s pretend we’re the Russian leader, still smarting over the demise of the USSR. Looking west, he sees country after country either joining the EU or joining NATO, who, with the US, are massing ‘defensive’ troops and artillery all along his border. Conversely, the latter see only the likely invasion of Ukraine, so prepare themselves accordingly. How to stop all this from escalating to WWIII? It’s so simple. Find a hero to effect the immediate transition of first, Ukraine, followed by vulnerable Belarus, to become neutral countries, like Finland and Switzerland, who are neither EU nor NATO members. Problem solved.
The news about Ukraine’s so depressing. Hope we’re not heading for WWIII. But, diplomacy didn’t help in 1938 - just ask Chamberlain - so will it now? Many leaders have tried recently, including Macron, with his Napoleon-like eye on elevating himself to be the future EU leader. What’s needed is to see both sides of the argument rather than the western one. Let’s pretend we’re the Russian leader, still smarting over the demise of the USSR. Looking west, he sees country after country either joining the EU or joining NATO, who, with the US, are massing ‘defensive’ troops and artillery all along his border. Conversely, the latter see only the likely invasion of Ukraine, so prepare themselves accordingly. How to stop all this from escalating to WWIII? It’s so simple. Find a hero to effect the immediate transition of first, Ukraine, followed by vulnerable Belarus, to become neutral countries, like Finland and Switzerland, who are neither EU nor NATO members. Problem solved.
…My new novel’s about a real-life, modest hero who never told anyone what he’d done to save 20,000 people. No-one’s even heard of him. That’s what we need now - someone like him to save today’s world. Coming soon.
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