It's maddening how I am living a very normal way of life just living day to day with no worries and no fears while the opposite end of the world there is a war raging through Ukraine with two countries pitted against each other grinding at each other till one loses the will to fight. Clausewitz is so right that war is just an extension of politics when one side cannot accept the reality of not being able to exert their influence through peaceful means.
I was talking to my mum this morning about what we are doing today which is basically to go to a fiesta while I was watching this.
I outlined to her how maddening it is that we are able to both just thinking and living this peaceful life in a country so far away from this conflict even though, today we are so interconnected through the internet and still not be able to stop something this big as an actual war. I know people will say, oh but there are wars waging prior to this one, what makes this any different. Well for starters this one is not a proxy war between super powers this is a super power taking on the little guy who are somewhat similar to them and there has not been a major war involving the scale that is happening there.
I am thinking out loud what it means to me that I can honestly see the devastation in as close to real time as possible and the propaganda being waged between the two countries are necessary for their respective side of the conflict. I understand wat it means for them to ensure their side of the story are heard and on to sympathetic ears so they are able to continue their stated goal. I bring it back again to how I am here just living and breathing with no cares other than when I go off on to an adventure where there are no bullets flying through the place as I go about my business.
Why am I writing about this? Well for starters I just happened to reflect on things this morning after a heavy night of drinking and now in retrospect I am left with this desire to think about things affecting me either directly or indirectly since my head is throbbing and this tends to force me to subconsciously think about things not even affecting me. Like a head tap to the brain a good hang over does one good positive for me, it gives my brain the impetus to think about anything and everything since my body is sluggish but my brain is working a hundred miles an hour sorting out what neural pathways have bee destroyed by the consumption of alcohol.
Hmm wonder if the soldiers in Ukraine are afford the luxury of drinking alcohol while they have a lull in the battle.
Well I best let this train of thought get into something else so I will just leave this here for you to digest while I reflect again on the follies of humanity while I am struggling with my first world problem. I pray for all the people who are affected there in every single aspect of this crazy time.
