Blinded By Rainbows

The writer of this blog Crisis in Ukraine has had his own small crisis lately, yet he's still trying to hear about things that sound authentic and real, rather than surreal. I am slightly pinned down, but hoping to make a move to lower ground. The lower ground has swamps and rivers, and I can swim pretty good.
I guess that the news of the day that does relate fully to Ukraine, is FBI director James Comey's testimony about Russian Hacking of US Elections. I have to admit that the guy held up pretty well in the Hot Seat and deftly sidestepped intensive questioning on a plethora of issues (Particularly by Rep. Jackie Speier ) .  While I have not yet thought the party was awesome enough to drink the Kool~aid , he certainly fits the bill as the cool , unruffled style of FBI guy. One way or the other, he is in the thick of things.

I guess that my question at that Congressional hearing might be this "Are,  or were  the same set of actors and agents employed in the hacking of US 2016 elections , the same , or configured in a similar manner , as those employed in the Ukraine elections that brought Mister V. Yanukovych  into power?   Would there be a general correlation of the tactics of subversion employed to derail Yulia Tymoshenko's bid for the Presidency at that time as the tactics utilized against Secretary Clinton's bid for the Presidency ? I see some medical specialist lady from Moldova (who works in USA positioning herself as an expert witness in the veracity of President Obama's birth certificate,  how does she have so much skin in the game in this particular matter ? Why does she care so much?

. I am not a huge fan of Hillary Clinton, but I voted for her, and voted for her in the primary, I would have voted for Sanders, but at the time he felt like an easier candidate to beat. That said , the Republicans as a group have their issues, and those issues can be understood to a fair extent. I respect a number of the Republican's issues, and someday, God willing, I may think to vote for one of theirs.

We as a people should not turn our back to Russia, they are a people and a Nation of 11 time zones. I might hope that THE USA people could better educate themselves about Ukraine, it is really in my view, a lot less complicated than Syria, yet each region is equally interfused with complexity.

we, in our Anglo centric "Cowboy " culture have no wording for the Survivors of a Hybrid War

Japan has a word for the survivors of an Atomic War, it's Hibakesha, or something like that

People have survived this Ukraine war, and moved on, it can lead to a bigger war, or simply go away, we don't know where it will go. The Politicians will largely decide, due to business, economic interests and variant strains of Nationalism and religious hyperbole.
It has been said that life has a force of it's own, while there are rumors of carving up realms of influence across the globe, , yet what about the Universe ? What downdraft of forces will affect us , as we tread water in this sea of technology?

I guess that my parting perspective is this song by the Rolling Stones, "Blinded By  Rainbows"

Ostensibly , it is about Northern Ireland, but just as easily it could fit Ukraine, and serve as some question to the leadership of Nation States that bring such war upon peaceful people:


Did you ever feel the pain 
That he felt upon the cross 
Did you ever feel the knife 
Tearing flesh that's oh so soft 

Did you ever touch the night 
Did you ever count the cost 
Do you hide away the fear 
Put down paradise as lost 

Yeah you're blinded by rainbows 
Watching the wind blow 
Blinded by rainbows 
Do you dream at night 
Do you sleep at night 
I doubt it 

Did you ever feel the blast 
As the semtex bomb goes off 
Do you ever hear the screams 
As the limbs are all torn off 
Did you ever kiss the child 
Who just saw his father shot 
Do you ever shed a tear 
As the war drags on and on 

Do you ever touch the night 
Or is it just another job 
Do you feel the final hours 
Put down paradise as lost 

Yeah you're blinded by rainbows 
And faces in windows 
Blinded by rainbows 
Do you dream at night 
Do you sleep at night 
I doubt it 

Do you ever fear the night 
Could it be the war is lost 
Do you fear the final hour 
Do you kneel before the cross 

You're blinded by rainbows 
And watching the wind blow 
Blinded by rainbows 
Do you dream at night 
Do you scream at night 
Do you smell of fear 
Is your conscience clear 
Are you caked in sweat 

Are your clothes all wet 
Do you see the light 
Is the end in sight 
See the face of Christ 
Enter paradise 
I doubt itWriter/s: KEITH RICHARDS, MICK JAGGER