Dear Dan,

«All boys feel the same pain when shot. It ain’t nice!»

Not at all. No two boys and no two shots are the same.
Besides, when they die, some go to hell others go to heaven, surely not the same pain, right?

«(And frankly, with your preaching on these pages over the years, I’m astonished that you choose any side in this issue Yuyutsu)!»

Do I want Australia to be bombed, destroyed, enslaved, run over by a dictatorship?

I don't, and therefore I should be thankful to God that we are not in the front line, that Ukrainians are suffering the brunt of the Russian-Chinese attacks rather than us. Should Ukraine fall, next goes Taiwan, possibly also Japan, but next it is us, Australia. We should not only pray that the war is stopped in its tracks in Ukraine, before China sees Russia winning and concludes that it could also win from a brutal war, but also actively help Ukrainians to win in whatever way we can - even though most casualties are currently in Ukraine, this war is no less ours than theirs!

Yuyutsu

Seems your in a state of panic from a perceived threat of invasion from China.
They’ll be no resistance from Australia, since it’s a fore gone conclusion from past observations, our Political establishment will sell the Country for a tidy sum and move themselves off shore: Evidence, the method they will use is right in front of our eyes in the Solomon Islands.

The most important purchase is the influence of Politicians. It’s painfully obvious that battle is pretty well complete; just some mopping up to do.

Also seems to me, this state of panic is a conclusion you have drawn from what is a trade war which our politicians picked.
Suddenly, there is a similar sense of panic among them that their greed has a sting in both ends.

But, if your lucky, as the new Empire swallows up the South Pacific (probably without a shot being fired), you will find a comfort zone of sorts, living along the creek and river banks once inhabited by Aboriginals who were similarly swallowed up by the expanding British Empire, (now defunct).

How history repeats!

Dan.

Dear Dan,

I have faith that evil will eventually be stopped.

The question is just the number of casualties and whether it be stopped on the shores of the Dnieper, or of the Torres Strait. I prefer the former and that is what to good signs indicate - but we must also give our hand to the brave defenders on the front.