Saturday, February 12, 2022

Is World War 3 Imminent? The Inside Story (Part 3)


Maybe you’ve asked yourself – "Are we going into World War 3? With all the news and drums of war looming everywhere."

The world will always be ruled by those who have powers. Those who don’t would be spectators or slaves. And at this time, it is not just good to sit and watch. It is important to learn so as to be relevant and understand how the world game is played.

Somebody said – “why are you discussing politics?” I said “because politics affects many things you do.” He said “how?” I said “just look at what you do now, and you will see politics.” 

I guess what people don’t want to discuss is how bad the politicians are, not the politics itself. Because I have found out that because of this negligence attitude, a lot of people are ignorant about politics and just leave things in the hands of people who they think are not good.

If you want to change something, the best way to go about it is to first educate yourself about that thing before you change it. Politics is not bad, but the people who play it may be. Politics is not a one-man show or something for just some group of people, but politics is for everybody, because it affects everybody.

Take for instance, if the President of your country decides to increase the pump price of gas today, won’t it affect every citizen of your country? No matter how you want to seclude yourself from politics, it would affect you one way or the other. 

If there is political conflict like what we have now between Russia and Ukraine, won’t it affect every sector? Practically every sector would feel the heat, including the educational sector, health, economy, security, infrastructure, business, entertainment, name it! Every sector would definitely be affected. This is more reason why you should keep yourself abreast of what is going on in your country and be educated about politics. We cannot overemphasize this.

Now to the current situation of what is happening between Ukraine and Russia. It is now clear that Ukraine wants to detach itself from Russia and wants to claim its sovereignty by all means. Being an independent country, it has the right to make its own decision by itself and choose whatever group or organization it wishes to join. 

But Russia, on the other hand, is saying "Ukraine is my little sister, and I don’t want to leave her to my opponent."


More so, when this could consequentially lead Russia to spending more money on military and defence, because if NATO should be at its neighborhood, it would have to increase its military strength, so as to prepare for any imminent attack.

By and large, this is a political stalemate and both countries are at a critical crossroads. But what we hope is that they would reach a compromise that would favor both parties. It may not make sense to settle the conflict with war.

Nobody wants war. But the truth is, sometimes some people want to fight to claim their right or show who is superior. But we hope this current conflict between Russia and Ukraine won’t lead to war and they would both settle the matter amicably.

We want better nations. We want better people.

Here is what Sophia, one Ukrainian lady said about Russia-Ukraine conflict - https://youtu.be/_z9RZtZoi_k

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