--WAR ZONED OUT--

I'M A USAF VETERAN BACK FROM A FEW DECADES AGO. MY UNIT WAS THE FIRST TO BE DEPLOYED OVERSEAS A YEAR AGO NOW. I MISSED THIS CONFLICT OF THE UKRAINE WAR NOW ONGOING IN ITS SECOND YEAR OF CONFLICT. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CASUALTIES ON BOTH SIDES WITH MASS DESTRUCTION IN THIS REGION.

I DON'T SEE MUCH DIPLOMATIC APPROACH TO END THIS CONFLICT IN THE UKRAINE TERRITORY. ZELENSKY SAYS THEY LIBERATED SOME GROUND--BUT WAS IT AT THE EXPENSE OF RUSSIA'S GUIDELINES. WHO STEPPED OVER WHO? DOES BEING LIBERATED MEAN BEING AGAINST RUSSIA?

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE DIPLOMACY OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES POLITICALLY AND CULTURALLY? WE CAN'T MAKE OR FORCE OTHERS TO COMPLY WITH ONE DEMOCRATIC MOLD. AS WE CAN'T FORCE ONE RELIGION ON ANOTHER'S RIGHTFULLY. WHO IS RIGHT AND WHO IS WRONG TO HAVE CROSSED THE LINES OF A POSSIBLE DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION?

WE ALL ARE INTERDEPENDENT IN TRADE AND TRAVEL AND NEED THIS CONFLICT RESOLVED. WE HAVE TO RESPECT DIFFERENCES IN OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE FUNCTIONING IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. LIBERATED MEANS DEMOCRACY WHICH DOES NOT HAPPEN OR IS NOT FUNCTIONING IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. A DEMOCRACY CAN BE A THREAT TO THEM AS THEY ARE A THREAT TO US. YET, THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL AND SHOULD BE LEFT WITH THEIR DIFFERENCES.

I SEE THAT THEY MAY HAVE DIPLOMACY WHEN ZELINSKY QUITS LIBERATING-- MEANING AGAINST RUSSIA'S POLITICAL RIGHT OR RUSSIA ITSELF.. IT CAN'T BE FORCED--