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We each ask the question, “Why?”,
because this is beyond comprehension,
bending the knee to a ghost
a specter of their past status
submitting to a weaker power
a hegemon becoming a vassal
relinquishing so much...
not appeasement but betrayal
an agent of genocide
spheres of influence, of terror,
of carving up the earth...
 
transactional, outside of borders,
nation-states have no meaning
oligarchs and business negotiations
radically changing the equation –
the sense of right and wrong –
our understanding of good and evil
nations as pawns, as chattel
to be bought and sold; but
the question remains, “Why?”,
Why would a world power
give up sovereign control?
 
decisions imbued with an awful cadence
the power of chaos, of ego, malicious,
not rational calculations
self-interest cast to the winds -
going to war because Israel wants it...
slowing Starshield because Russia is losing...
choosing to suborn terror...
to watch the innocent being sacrificed
hands covered in their blood
silent before and after every double-tap...
begging the question, “Why?”
 
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15 November 2026
submitting to a weaker power
 
13 November 2026
A Hand on the Scale, the Controls
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/a-hand-on-scale-controls.html
Starshield slowdown on 12 November 2026
over Russian illegally-occupied eastern Ukraine
while Kushner and Witkoff were in Russia,
after failed “peace negotiations”.
Edited 13 November 2026
Win-Win – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/win-win-v2.html
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2122783464940416
Jared Kushner’s answer to press question after meeting
with President Zelenskyy about the need for a win-win agreement
between Ukraine and Russia. (Caolan Robertson video)
Edited 11 November 2026
Sheltered – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/sheltered-v2.html
3 November 2026 post by Oleksandra Matviichuk
https://lnkd.in/p/ewH3QDte
Russian strike/double-tap on school/shelter in Komyshuvakha
10 November 2026
Exhausted, exhaustion
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/exhausted-exhaustion.html
October 22, 2026
Treason, Betrayal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/treason-betrayal-v2.html
President Trump suspends the sanctions on Russia
in the Lindsey Graham Sanctions Law.
Edited October 22, 2026
Through the valley of betrayal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/through-valley-of-betrayal-v2.html
Greater Ukrainian deaths because of:
United States diesel deal with Russia
United States cutting off intelligence to Ukraine
Starlink limits put on Ukraine
Edited October 22, 2026
Empires will not defeat you – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/empires-will-not-defeat-you-v3.html
Russia is fighting Ukraine, China is supporting Russia,
The United States entered a diesel deal with Russia
North Korea is sending troops and missiles to fight for Russia
Iran is aiding Russia, India is buying and selling oil with Russia
Edited September 27, 2026
They will rise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/they-will-rise-v2.html
after Twelve Years of War
Edited September 26, 2026
We choose not to die – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/we-choose-not-to-die-v2.html
Speech of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
before the United Nations General Assembly
https://gadebate.un.org/en/81/ukraine
December 27, 2024
Russia must be defeated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/.../russia-must-be...
Edited May 21, 2025
There is no neutrality in genocide – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/there-is-no-neutrality-in-genocide-v3.html
March 5, 2025
we have become what we abhor
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-have-become-what-we-abhor.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
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
In this moment of madness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-this-moment-of-madness-v2_27.html
 
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