During the visit of Chinese leader Xi Jinping to Russia he was treated by President Vladimir Putin to a six-course dinner featuring quail blinis, Siberian salmon, venison in cherry sauce and wine from Russia’s Black Sea coast.
He stayed at the five-star Chinese-owned Soluxe Hotel, driving past a series of large billboards dedicated to his visit along the way.
What must life be like for the young and not-so-young Russian troops, the gunners, the men and women in the tanks as they do the fighting for President Putin?
It’s unlikely they are eating Siberian salmon as they trudge through the melting slush of Ukrainian soil.
War is ugly and bad. Invading armies should stay at home.
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Cicero of the Roman empire wrote this:
1. The poor - work & work.
2. The rich - exploit me poor.
3. The soldier - protects both.
4. The taxpayer - pays for all three. 5. The banker - robs all four.
6. The lawyer - misleads all five.
7. The doctor - bills all six.
8. The goons - scare all of seven.
9. The Politician - lives happily on account of all eight .
Written in 43 B.C., but valid even today!
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