BARBARIANS
Valdimir Putin
HISTORY is replete with the record of Barbarian killers. Whether they titled themselves as “Emperor”, “King”, “The Great Khan”, “Attila the Hun”, “President” or some other fancy title, they all have a record of filling the annals of time with the deaths of thousands, tens of thousands and often millions of innocent people just trying to live out their lives and care for their children.
Vladimir Putin is not the first, and, unfortunately will likely not be the last of these soulless killers of humanity.
I find myself laying awake at night, my mind haunted by a televised image of a sorrowful man sitting beside a table on which lays a dead child covered with a bloodstained sheet. The child was killed because of the ambition of Vladimir Putin. I grieve with this man and the people of the Ukraine and I am tormented with a desire to find a way to stop this kind of madness.
Like many others, I find myself praying that the barbarism and killing will stop.
Following World War I the League of Nations was formed with the intent of making sure another such war would never happen again. Adolph Hitler put that dream in the dust bin of history and is responsible for the death of seven million Jews and so many others. But, he is not alone in the reign of Barbarians. Pol Pot, Joseph Stalin and numerous others have caused the death and misery of millions upon millions of humans.
The United Nations was formed following World War II. It to, has failed in so many ways. The most it seems to do is issue “Non-Binding Resolutions” of condemnation. Like wagging your finger at a two year old for breaking his siblings toys with no other consequences.
It has been reported that the United States is sending Vice President Kamala Harris over to Europe. Maybe to give them another geography lesson on how the Ukraine is located right next to Russia and remind them that our President might need to go “toe to toe” with Putin again as he said he had done in a statement while on the campaign trail. I am sure this will be every bit as effective as the “Non-Binding Resolution” from the United Nations has been. With Vice President Harris in charge what could possibly go wrong?
Back in 2009 when one of our political parties was accusing the other party of “pulling the plug” on Grandma’s Heath Care, I wrote a satirical piece suggesting the United States would do well to “Pull the Plug” on the United Nations and ship it off to another country before dropping our membership. The message of the article was that the United Nations was no more than a Toothless Tiger which had become mostly a sounding board where other countries, after taking our Foreign Aid money voted against the U.S. whenever possible.
Different era, different tyrants and dictators. Same “Toothless” United Nations.
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PULL THE PLUG
September 2009
Bob Bandy
Drawing by Syl Mateo
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Dictator names and nations have changed but not the ineffectiveness of the United Nations. What a waste. Sad.
Bob Bandy – March 2022
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