Comments by "PNH 6000" (@PNH-sf4jz) on "Ukraine Soldier Destroys 5 Russian Tanks in One Day" video.
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@cadennorris960 During all ages and among all peoples {except in Edgar Allan Poe's stories} people have transmitted information about recent and past events to each other, their children and grand-children. Often those stories were intended to be educational and cautionary. The stories often contained elements that were intended to engender, among other sensations, the feelings of happiness, sadness, enthusiasm and fear. Because those sensations are often cautionary, and do not have attached to them any concept of distance or proximity, it is sometimes difficult to disassociate from the more negative feelings, even when there appears to be no immediate threat.
However, during the cold war of the 1960's and 70's, there was an immediate and ever present threat; that being the possibility of nuclear war that could easily have engulfed the whole world, if not by its direct effects, even by the indirect effects of blanketed sunlight.
Since the end of the so-called cold war, 12 March 1947 – 26 December 1991, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, that existential threat has diminished, despite the declared existence of ICBMs with ranges up to 18,000 km. Our World community seemed to be progressing peacefully.
The WAR in Ukraine has, again, raised the threat of nuclear missiles being used as a form of offense. Any where in Europe is within the range of missiles from Russia. And in the USA, Seattle is about 7,200km from Vladivostok and Atlanta is about 10,000 km.
As such, it is reasonable for people to be concerned about the real possibilities and the existential threat(s). I do not believe that it is realistic to simply tell people to turn off or look away. Far better to inform ourselves and face the possibilities and realistically consider probabilities.
Certainly, we should appreciate the fact that the war is not happening in our "immediate backyard", but we also need to consider what assistance, if any can be offered to those people for whom the WAR is real and present. If we do not feel anything, we cannot empathise with others whose positions are worse than our own. Furthermore, without feelings, it is unlikely that we will be able to prepare for our own safety if or when the need arises.
{An existential threat is a threat to a people's existence or survival on an individual level or a wider community, national or World-wide perspective}
As of March 2022, Russia still fields 46 SS-18 missiles, each with 10 warheads, on top of its other deployed ICBMs, an estimated 320 in all, according to the Arms Control Association.
Of the stockpiled warheads, the U.S. stated in its March 2019 New START declaration that 1,365 were deployed on 656 ICBMs, SLBMs, and strategic bombers.
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The issue has always been that the Russians should not be trusted because of their own actions, not simply the ideas or perceptions of peoples and governments of other countries. The actions of the Russians, during WW11, were the same as those perpetrated during the last ten years in Ukraine, where there have been a disproportionately high number of murders, rapes and other forms of torture, existence of concentration or so-called "filtration camps" {begging the question, "Who or what was being filtered, for what purpose and with what consequences ?"} and acts amounting to genocide.
Despite the fact that, during WW11, "This was for a good cause,", even then, the other allied nations were not trusting of the motives or actions of the Russian political and military elements. However, the Russians were, then, genuinely fighting Nazis and were, consequently, allies of the western aligned countries.
It was as a result of the concerns of western aligned countries that the NATO Defensive Alliance was formed on the 4 April 1949. An excerpt from a NATO information website follows:
https://www.nato.int/wearenato/why-was-nato-founded.html
"The North Atlantic Alliance was founded in the aftermath of the Second World War. Its purpose was to secure peace in Europe, to promote cooperation among its members and to guard their freedom – all of this in the context of countering the threat posed at the time by the Soviet Union."
The threat posed by the Soviet Union has been extended in time, and now exists because of the actions of Russia, the child of the Soviet Union.
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@celestialdragon3989 Thank you very much for your response. I do appreciate the sentiments that you have expressed and am really on your side.
I believe, as I am sure you do also, that Jake endeavours to cover a good deal of "territory" in his videos. Inevitably, we all add a little too much of one thing or too little of another in our discussions. Probably, my concern was that Jake's videos not be just viewed from the perspective of one element. You have acknowledged that already, by saying that you've "unsubbed from creators for lots less!"
In noting that, I also acknowledge and share the value of the sentiments and strong feelings that you have included in both your comments. People who cannot give common courtesies in the conduct of their interactions and representations are anathema to me. Those people to whom you have referred are among them.
You have used a number of words describing attitudes and behaviour that I also abhor, being; insurrection, traitorous, Russian and Trump loving people who we may refer to as backwards, spreading hatred, stealing elections and threatening our democracies in attempts to emulate Russia or the political structure of any other autocratically "governed" country {contradiction in terms}.
With mutually recognised support for the values and principles that we both believe are important for the maintenance of our political, economic, cultural and social structues within our families, communities, cities and countries.
Best Wishes, PNH
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Although I am not familiar with American politics, it is easy to see where the white ants {termites} are. Marjorie T****or Greene has to be considered one of them, and representative of many, both literally and figuratively. She cannot even bring herself to offer civil courtesies when they are appropriate.
One of the aspects {I avoid saying "faults" because it does represent freedom} of democracy is that people are free to express themselves in the way that they choose, and to elect those people who best reflect their views. Indeed, the presence of people, in our communities and among our elected representatives, who hold and project ideas different from our own, remind us of the necessity to keep informed and to keep an open mind. The "open mind" allowing us, with blinkers off, to consider a wide range of views and to be discerning about those that we adopt.
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