GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: FOR WHO THE BELL TOLLS NEXT.

Just five people shy of Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting incident that claimed 26 lives, the Uvalde Texas Robb elementary school mass shooting at 21 victims, now ranks among the highest grossing gun carnage in America. It is sad that such frequent blood spilling has tragically become part of our culture as a society. May the souls of the killed now rest.

25th AMENDMENT: ITS NOW ALL CRICKET.

Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi once questioned former President Donald John Trump's fitness to remain in office due to what she claimed was his declining mental capacity. Does anyone know what Madam Speaker presently thinks about the incontrovertible case which America is now saddled with? Just curious!

WHO WILL REBUILD UKRAINE?

The West should convert frozen Russian assets, both state's and oligarchs' owned, into a full seizure and set them aside for the future rebuilding of Ukraine. Like the Marshal Plan, call it the Putin Plan.

A HERO IS BORN.

I am staying put. I will not run away and abandon my people. The fight is here in Ukraine. What I need are weapons and ammunitions, not a ride out of town like former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani - President Volodymyr Zelensky.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

"There is too much hate in America because there is too much anger in America." - Trevor Noah.

WORD!

A life without challenges is not a life lived at all. A life lived is a life that has problems, confronts problems, solves problems and then learns from problems. - Tunde Fashola.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

When fishing for love, bait with your heart and not your brain, because you cannot rationalize love. - Mark Twain.

JUST THE FACT.

In our country, you can shoot and kill a nigger, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings - Dave Chappelle

DO YOU?.

“What you believe in can only be defined by what you’re willing to risk for it." - Stuart Scheller.

HEDGE YOUR CRISIS.

Never get in bed with a woman whose problems are worse than yours. - Chicago PD.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

'The best way to keep peace is to be ready to destroy evil. If you Pearl Harbor me, I Nagasaki you.' - Ted Nugent.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Empathy is at the heart of who we are as human beings. - Cardinal Matthew Kukah.

WORDS ON MARBLE.

"Birth is agony. Life is hard. Death is cruel." - Japanese pithy.

REPENT OR PERISH - POPE.

Homosexuality is a sin. It is not ordained by God, therefore same sex marriage cannot be blessed by the church - Pope Francis.

CANCEL CULTURE IS CORROSIVE.


FOR SAKE OF COUNTRY.


MAGA LIVES ON: NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

TWITTER IS BORING WITHOUT HIS TWEETS. #RestorePresidentTrump'sTwitterHandle.


WORD.

"If you cannot speak the truth when it matters, then nothing else you says matters.” - Tucker Carlson.

#MeToo MOVEMENT: A BAD NEWS GONE CRAZY.

"To all the women who testified, we may have different truth, but I have a great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all of the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country. You know, the movement started basically with me, and I think what happened, you know, I was the first example, and now there are thousands of men who are being accused and a regeneration of things that I think none of us understood. I’m not going to say these aren’t great people. I had wonderful times with these people. I’m just genuinely confused. Men are confused about this issue. We are going through this #MeToo movement crisis right now in this country." - Harvey Weinstein.


RON DELLUMS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADICAL.

"If it’s radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the Vietnam War, if it’s radical to oppose racism and sexism and all other forms of oppression, if it’s radical to want to alleviate poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness, and other forms of human misery, then I’m proud to be called a radical.” - Ron Vernie Dellums.


WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE - STEVE JOBS

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. Memories precipitated by love is the only true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. The most expensive bed in the world is the sick bed. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.” - SJ

EVIL CANNOT BE TRULY DESTROYED.

"The threat of evil is ever present. We can contain it as long as we stay vigilant, but it can never truly be destroyed. - Lorraine Warren (Annabelle, the movie)


ONLY THE POOR WISH THEY HAD STUFF?

“I’m not that interested in material things. As long as I find a good bed that I can sleep in, that’s enough.” - Nicolas Berggruem, the homeless billionaire.

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

RUSSIAN CRUISER MOSKVA: SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BLACK SEA.

ICHEOKU once thought that President Vladimir Putin was smarter until he foolishly fell into the trap of the Ukraine war. A trap set for Russia by the West led by America, which has been long itching to humiliate Russia and reduce Putin to size. He egotistically sprung the trap and is now ensnared in it. Now, the West will bleed Russia into bankruptcy and with it, possibly end President Vladimri Putin's reign as president of Russia. It is most likely that any negotiated future normalization of relations between the West and Russia will be made pursuant to a condition precedent of his removal from office.

As America's Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Miley recently indicated, the Ukraine war will not end in a matter of months but could go on for years. In his words, the Chairman said: "It is a very protracted conflict which will be at least measured in years. This is a very extended conflict that Russia has initiated and I think that NATO, the United States, Ukraine and all of the allies, and partners that are supporting Ukraine are going to be involved in this for quite some time." The implication being that ending the war is not even a decision in the hands of Ukraine or Russia, the reason their peace negotiation has stalled; and will only be decided in some foreign capitals including Washington DC and London. 

The question now is how does Russia plan to carry on with the war and where will Russia find the huge resources necessary to sustain its war effort in Ukraine, and for the several years which the West has already planned for the war to last. Russia's economy is already taking a serious hit and if the plan to completely ban Russian oil goes into effect, how else will Russia earn income to pay for the war? The toll is heavily mounting as Russia has been suffering heavy losses, both in manpower and equipment losses. They have lost many commanding officers as well, and who knows if they are paying their soldiers or leaving their families in Russia stranded and seeking help? 

The latest of these Russia's mounting losses in Ukraine now being the sinking of their flagship cruiser named Moskva, which now sits at the bottom of the Black Sea, cavorting with marine lives and providing them shelter and a port of call as an artificial reef. It is a big punch in the guts and a direct smack on the nose of Russia, losing such a pride of Russia's Navy, regardless of the narration as to how it made its tragic rendezvoused with the rock bottom of the Black Sea. When in the Godfather, Clemenza explained the message sent by the wrapped two fishes in Luca Brasi's bullet proof jacket which was delivered to the Corleone's, as an indication that Luca Brasi is now sleeping with the fishes, dead and dumped into the deep ocean, no one in Russia or the Kremlin or Russia's navy top brass knew that a day would come when their pride cruiser Moskva would suffer a similar fate. 

A highly priced naval asset of Russia at $800 million cost, a symbol of Russia's technological prowess and naval capabilities was sent into its watery grave, ruined by two Ukrainian made and fired Neptune anti ship missiles. Although Russia, in order to save face from such a humongous humiliation, is trying to sell a different alternative reality that their prized cruiser suffered a tragic on-board explosion which incapacitated it, compromised its stability and foiled an attempt to tow it to naval repair yard and sank deep down into the dark bottom of the Black Sea. The Russian account is in fact very "Russian" as they are often very economical with the truth, otherwise why did they bomb the Neptune missiles manufacturing factory near Kyiv in retaliation?

Anyway, irrespective of which country's account of what happened to the Moskva cruiser one chooses to believe, the fact of the matter is that the menace of a cruiser has been totally and completely decommissioned. It cannot ever pose any future threat to Ukraine or any other country which Russia might decide to aggress in the future, pursuant to their imperialistic adventurism as well as other probable adversaries of Russia. It was a big maritime loss which has entered the annals of history as it compares to such other notable ship losses and wrecks in the world, including the Titanic which was doomed by an iceberg, the Lusitania which was sunk by German U-boats during World War 1 and the British war ship HMS Sheffield which was sunk by Argentina during the Falklands war using France supplied Exocet missiles.  

What Russia's exit strategy from Ukraine is and how they plan to eventually extricate themselves from the obvious quagmire which they have entangled themselves in Ukraine, nobody can safely and correctly predict. It was an avoidable miasma which President Joe Biden succinctly described as a "premeditated war of choice" by Russia. Unfortunately Russia went into Ukraine by choice, but leaving Ukraine might not be a choice which they can make by themselves alone, at least not any more, unless they want to tuck their tail in between their legs and shamefully scurry out of Ukraine in the dead of the night. Did ICHEOKU hear somebody say that America did a similar thing with their Afghanistan withdrawal? 

President Vladimir fetched for himself the ants-infested firewood and now lizards have come to  feast in his household. It is a reasonable inference that so many paramilitary agencies of the West are on the ground in Ukraine fighting and directing affairs of the Ukraine defensive war against Russia. Hopefully they will help Ukraine to courageously repel those Russian invaders and aggressors and force them to retreat back to Russia. More Russian ships should be targeted for destruction and sinking. Russia's military formations and operational bases throughout Ukraine should also be fair game for destruction as Ukraine has been destroyed and has nothing to lose any more. Let anarchy be brought down upon Russian troops in Ukraine and bleed them into abandoning their foolish military adventure in Ukraine. Enough of the hedging of bets.

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