The State Department Says Russia Is Invading Ukraine—Should We Believe It?

[Laughing Mirror]

4. If your enemy disbands

That gives you the right to expand into their former territory, then, to protect the people there from an enemy who no longer exists. I do understand that logic of expansion, as practiced by an empire, particularly one in decline. I just don't accept it.

Whenever the enemy du jour is announced, with military and media doing their part, whether it's Hussein or Assad, Khadaffi or Putin, the question I always ask myself is: how is this good for my country, how is this good for my community, how is this good for me?

Never have I received an answer that it was. It always turns out that it wasn't.

It doesn't always have to be that way though. Maybe one day it won't.