We have a savage maniac loose in the world, now that Putin has threatened nuclear war, if anyone tries to stop him. I guess there are no limits, and no one has stepped up to stop him. Putin is doing exactly what he wants to do, and he will continue, he will move to his next domino and then the next and then the next. No one will stop him as he says that there will be unimaginable consequences, and that threat is nuclear weapons.

So, do we step up now, or do we wait until he controls all of Europe, and who knows what else? We will decide, but when? I don’t have an answer, but fear I am getting close. When I was old enough to understand the holocaust, I did not believe it at first. How could anyone do such a thing? But as I learned more history and grew wiser with age, I finally realized it was true.

Then I thought, ‘How could the world let this happen?’

I know we did not have modern day communications so I can see how it would have taken a long time to learn about it, but still how could we not stop it? Even more concerning, how could Hitler and his followers do such a thing? These people are human, they are like us, it just seemed so hard to understand this massacre, but it did happen.

The world is afraid. We are being bullied by a mad man who is extremely evil. A man who is human scum. After a great deal of thought I have determined that Putin is the first bully in history to successfully intimidate all the world. He has the big stick and indicates he will use it.

To end World War II, America stopped a bully by using nuclear weapons but did not ever use one to bully anyone. America used them for peace, not aggression. The monster Putin has made many threats and has shown no sign of stopping. He is a vicious rat and is struggling with his incompetent offense, but his intimidating comments have allowed him to continue his attack.

So here is where my guilt comes from: why are we allowing this mad man, Putin, to selfishly kill and harm thousands of human beings who were minding their own business, taking care of their families and living their lives just like you and I? It took a while to learn of the Holocaust, but this war on our neighbors could not be clearer, and as Pastor Martin Niemoller said,

“First, they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.”