So, after two and a half years of being battered, pummeled, raided, bombed, pounded with missiles, having thousands of its people maimed, starved, kidnapped, tortured and slaughtered . . . after all of that, Ukraine has finally given Russia a small taste of its own medicine by conducting an incursion into the Kursk region, the site of one of the most significant battles of World War II, close to the Ukrainian border.

The Russian Ministry of Defense called it a “massive attack.” Vladimir Putin called it a “large-scale provocation,” saying that Kyiv conducted “indiscriminate shooting from various types of weapons, including missiles, at civilian buildings, residential buildings, and ambulances.”

Now, why do you suppose that sounds so familiar? Could it possibly be because that’s exactly what Russia has been doing — on a much, much larger scale — to Ukraine since February 24, 2022?

For all of his big talk, his bravado, his braggadocio, it is blatantly obvious that Vladimir Putin — the man who would be “Tsar of all the Russias” — can dish it out . . . but he can’t take it. Not even a little bit of it. He’s frightened now . . . and his image is badly damaged. That, to a narcissist/tyrant such as Putin, is unbearable.

Let’s look at what he has delivered in the past 29-1/2 months in various parts of Ukraine, from Donetsk, to Kyiv, to Lviv, to Crimea . . . all over the map of a peaceful, sovereign country that wasn’t bothering him in the least. Just off the top of my head, I’m remembering Bucha, Bakhmut, Mariupol, Avdiyivka . . .

And, while perhaps lesser-known, such cities as Popasna and Rubizhne, in the eastern regions now occupied by Russian forces and claimed by Putin as part of Russia, have likewise been decimated.

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Now, would you like to count the casualties in Kursk and compare the numbers to a similar time period of just a few days in Ukraine? Or the nature and comparative magnitude of the ongoing, incessant attacks throughout Ukraine against the recent incursion into Kursk?

And . . . perhaps most significantly . . . would you like to talk about who started it? I mean, who really started it — not some Russian bullshit propaganda about Nazi provocations or historic ownership. I’m talking about beginning the new year of 2022 with a rapid deployment of thousands of Russian troops and offensive weaponry to the border of Ukraine under the guise of a “special military operation.”

Oh, yeah . . . it was “special,” all right. It was special when, on February 24, 2022, that purely “routine” military exercise stormed across the border into Ukraine — blasting, burning, bombing, destroying everything in its path and leaving only rubble and death in its wake.

And I have just one more question for Vladimir Putin, quaking in fear now in his Kremlin palace, or his Novo-Ogarevo dacha, or his Black Sea estate:

What the f*ck did you expect? Bullies always believe their victims won’t fight back. But sometimes — when they’ve finally had enough — they do.

And a word of advice: Grow a set, Vlad. Because one of these days — when your own people have had enough — you’re going to need them.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
8/12/24