our complacency is our complicity #SovietUnion #Russia #Evil #Enemy #NATO #EU

We know who our enemy has been since the Cold War,

for decades, the truth has been self-evident,
We call war by euphemisms, murder is called aggression,
Russia, the Soviet Union, seeks to destroy the West,
Putin wants to defeat our culture, our nations,
to subjugate a continent, to rule over peoples
to build a widening Russian empire…
We say we Stand With Ukraine,
yet we stand way in the back,
unwilling to speak of Victory…

Now, in this moment, four Autumns now
after the brutal invasion, their genocide,
eleven years since Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk,
four falls after Bucha, Mariupol,
premeditated murders of children…
Our complacency is our complicity,
an indictment against NATO, America,
over every silent nation state,
talking about sending peacekeepers
when now is the time to fight…

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September 1, 2025
our complacency is our complicity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/our-complacency-is-our-complicity.html
March 16, 2022 – Bombing of Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre in Mariupol
July 8, 2024 – Attack on Okhmatdyt National Children’s Specialized Hospital, Kyiv
April 4, 2025 – Shelling of the playground in Kryvyi Rih
July 10, 2025 - Human safari FPV drone targeting a one-year-old in Kherson
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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