Alan B

You are a *F* nut case. Has anybody mentioned that recently?

Dan

Andrew Bolt has lost his marbles by saying Putin should be killed to stop the war. Not that Bolt likes violence, mind!

This outburst follows a Russian millionaire putting a bounty on Putin's head.

If that happened, how long would it be before there was a call from the other side to assassinate Biden, Johnson, heads of European states - even Scott Morrison. Or the desk bound "hero" in Ukraine.

What a disgraceful idea. What a stupid idea. Do these idiots really think that there are not plenty of Russians who would replace Putin and exact a terrible revenge for his death?

Dan,

A breath of honesty amid the sanctimony.

Hey ttbn,
The left and the right are both largely devoid of any rational thinking.
Where's that leave us?

Alan
Your participation is indispensable, but you have come to dominate Comments and scare away contrary points of view. This is destroying On Line Opinion as a much needed medium for informed debate. To understand the horrifying war in Ukraine, it is necessary to take into account circumstances far beyond the personality of President Putin.
In breach of undertakings in the dissolution of the USSR, US/NATO moved East to incorporate the former countries of the Soviet Union, stationing intermediate-range missiles in Poland and Romania; and nothing is surer than Ukraine becoming a member and American troops on the border of Russia.
Ukraine rejected the Minsk agreements (brokered by France and Germany) which offered a solution to the conflict over the separatist enclaves in the Donbas. Instead it continued shelling towns and villages, inflicting widespread damage and about 10,000 deaths. No doubt for propaganda purposes, Russia is exaggerating the Nazi numbers, but the Azov Battalion, Right Sektor and C-14 have publicly demonstrated their neo-Nazi views. From the little news available, these organisations play a role infinitely more significant than their numbers.
Finally, one would have to set the conflict in the context of a long history which reveals how different are the cultures of the East and West of Ukraine

Glory to Ukraine!

I am currently studying to pronounce correctly the words of the Ukrainian anthem as I prepare to sing them with my orchestra.

In translation:

Ukraine is not yet dead, nor its glory and freedom,
Luck will still smile on us brother-Ukrainians.
Our enemies will die, as the dew does in the sunshine,
and we, too, brothers, we'll live happily in our land.

We'll not spare either our souls or bodies to get freedom
and we'll prove that we brothers are of Kozak kin.