Poland invoked NATO Article 4 last week after Russian drones entered Polish airspace forcing a defensive military response. On the weekend, Romania reported a Russian drone violating their airspace, as well.
As a lifelong pacifist, I am dealing with the challenges to my moral centre as I find myself agreeing with the need to shore up our defenses, repatriate the manufacture of our military equipment and prepare to face the challenges posed by the changed power structures in today's world. We have come to rely on our armed forces being deployed to assist with the ever increasing number and intensity of "natural" disasters. We now have to face the disaster of Trump, Putin and the rest of the members of their gang and we can only do it if we unite in purpose and ignore and/or fight back against the efforts to divide us, both external and internal to our country.
As a lifelong pacifist, I am dealing with the challenges to my moral centre as I find myself agreeing with the need to shore up our defenses, repatriate the manufacture of our military equipment and prepare to face the challenges posed by the changed power structures in today's world. We have come to rely on our armed forces being deployed to assist with the ever increasing number and intensity of "natural" disasters. We now have to face the disaster of Trump, Putin and the rest of the members of their gang and we can only do it if we unite in purpose and ignore and/or fight back against the efforts to divide us, both external and internal to our country.
A frightening scenario