If #Russia is not stopped in #Ukraine – v3 #NATO #Poland #Romania #Estonia

Our worst fears are being realized,
stumbling toward Armageddon…
Drones flying into Poland,
NATO is responding with arms,
on the doorstep of Belarus,
because we were so timid,
so weak against hybrid war,
the terror of genocide…

We cannot live in delusions,
wishing away reality, this truth,
hoping peace will come quickly,
that the stars would align magically,
that his lusts would be vanquished,
that his goals would be quieted,
peace of its own accord, rising,
that the leopard would change its spots…

The brutal warlord, the man in the bunker,
this mass murderer of his people, of nations,
bent on genocide, on terror, on destruction
of one of its closest neighbors…
He will not stop, he will not relent,
giving up dreams of empire, of expansion,
willing to destroy everything, everyone,
happy to govern scorched earth…

If Russia is not stopped in Ukraine,
if Russia is not defeated, now,
Russia will not stop with Ukraine,
attacking other nations, other neighbors,
seeking to fulfill, to achieve,
subjugation of other people, lands,
to reconstitute a defeated empire,
that lives in his fevered dreams…

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September 14, 2025
If Russia is not stopped in Ukraine – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/if-russia-is-not-stopped-in-ukraine-v3.html
March 2, 2025
If Russia is not stopped in Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/if-russia-is-not-stopped-in-ukraine-v2.html
September 14, 2025
Acts of War – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/acts-of-war-v2.html
Deliberate Russian drone swarm attack on Poland, September 9, 2025
September 5, 2025
Stumbling into War – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/stumbling-into-war-v3.html
September 2, 2025
Decapitation – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/decapitation-v2.html
January 3, 2025
Hybrid War is War – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/hybrid-war-is-war-v2.html

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