The War Must End

Before it becomes just background noise

You might have noticed that the Ukraine war coverage has been steadily slipping into the background lately. The war seems to be turning into a slow march of Russia to take Donetsk and Luhansk, and that doesn’t make for compelling news. Is Putin going to declare his “victory” if that happens? It’s anyone’s guess, but it’s quite likely, all things considered.

Ukrainians believe they can win if they get the weapons they need, but there is a very real possibility that the war will turn into a long stalemate, eventually fading into the kind of background noise, such as the wars we’ve been used to all these years in countries like Afghanistan. Or disappear completely, such as what occurred in Yemen. Or, for that matter, like the conflict in the Donbas region, which has been silently harvesting people from 2014 until this February.

By no means am I trying to justify this war or to absolve Putin of the weight of his terrible decision. The point is that he should have never been put in a position to take it in the first place. If this war is murder, then the West handed him the gun, and Putin pulled the trigger.

The bottom line is that this war is a result of terrible mistakes from all sides and the people who are paying the price have nothing to do with the string of decisions that led to this point.

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