The Path Out

In case anyone cares what a housewife in Central Massachusetts thinks about war in Ukraine, I will say, I don't know.

I know that I am scarred by the total collapse of trust and honor in the news. On the one hand, disinformation, lack of trust. On the other, controlled opposition, designed to entrap the unsuspecting.

Meanwhile, here we are in the middle, in the dark, being asked to support rationalizations that could lead to WWIII and facing serious issues here at home while waiting for things to simmer down. And no, I don't think it's embarrassing to question how our standard of living suddenly tanked while some people in the world are facing worse. First, that disparity will always be true (whichever side of it we are on at the moment -- one entity's suffering is not cause for discounting the suffering of another, and it's possible that they are connected); second, it won't help anyone if we Americans are plunged into using our mental energy to cope with drastic changes in our day-to-day lives for no reason. 

Prescinding from the question (a real one) of whether our prosperity was well derived and stewarded in the first place, the fact remains that there is something that doesn't ring true about its manner of being disrupted, with the inevitable burden on the poor, and the new crisis that we are virtually unilaterally being forced to sign on to, now that the old one has lost its grip. 

That's all I've got. There's something not right about all of it. 

Early articles to help with critical thinking while the information is being sorted out (if that ever happens), chosen with the hope of avoiding the two pitfalls, mentioned above. I don't claim that they do more than say, "I don't know!" with a healthy dose of "we must 'preach Christ and Him crucified'":

The Ukraine Mess: Points to ponder about narratives, criteria, possible responses by Fr. Jerry Pokorsky -- an outline, not an academic investigation, but important nonetheless. Just war criteria are not abstract idealisms but common-sense guides for prudent action, and as such, important to have in mind.

You'll need to have your sarcasm meter on for these; Jones and Zmirak are not endorsing, they are describing; Warren is observing and giving the only possible prescription:

Russia is Mordor, but the West is Sodom by Jason Jones and John Zmirak

The Path Out by David Warren

 As I read more, I will share more.