Stumbling into War – v2 #WWIII #Russia #EU #NATO

An existential threat is growing, a crisis,
We turn a blind eye to Putin’s desires,
their acts of war growing bolder, stronger,
seeking to decapitate the continent of Europe,
to destabilize, division within the circle,
to prey on their addiction to oil, to gas,
to seize power by sabotage, by assassination…
Europe’s collective power does not deter Moscow,
by a will that is stronger than their ambition,
a coalition of the willing but the timid
never pledging to Ukraine's victory,
Stumbling into war, Armageddon…

Do they even realize their error, their complacency,
their complicity in genocide, in their own destruction,
that innocent blood is already upon them, hiding in denial,
blindly thinking invasion, terror, could never happen to them,
history shows they were, that we are in an Age of Empires,
where might defines right, where genocide is not stopped,
where their fear of escalation is exactly what will cause war…
They are stumbling into a global Armageddon,
thinking falsely that Putin will suddenly stop,
that he will be satisfied with Ukraine…
He is a madman, evil, a mass murderer.
He wants to recreate the Russian Empire…

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Edited September 3, 2025
Stumbling into War – v2

Weak or non-existent response of Europe to Acts of War by Russia
and continuing delay in sanctions by Donald Trump
September 1, 2025, Russian GPS jamming of a plane carrying the European Union President
Ursula von der Leyen
And on September 1, 2025, Germany’s military inspector general, Carsten Breue
and the assassination of former Ukrainian parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy
Edited September 2, 2025
Decapitation – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/decapitation-v2.html
Edited January 3, 2025
Hybrid War is War – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/hybrid-war-is-war-v2.html
Edited September 1, 2025
Since the Fall of the Iron Curtain – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/since-fall-of-iron-curtain-v2.html
September 1, 2025
our complacency is our complicity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/our-complacency-is-our-complicity.html
Edited August 30, 2025
the cost of our silence is measured in children’s lives – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-cost-of-our-silence-is-measured-in_30.html
Edited August 28, 2025
Дети – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/v4.html
Edited August 21, 2025
Putin walked on a carpet of blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/putin-walked-on-carpet-of-blood-v2.html
Edited July 12, 2025
Unrelenting Terror – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/unrelenting-terror-v2.html
Edited April 14, 2025
Screaming into the Void – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/screaming-into-void-v3.html
Revised April 11, 2025
Kryvyi Rih – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/kryvyi-rih-v2-kryvyi-rih-not-just.html
Edited December 12, 2024
The blood of the dead in Bucha – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v6.html
typed October 15, 2024
The stain of innocent blood – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v5.html

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