OPINION:
Unlike Adolf Hitler, who sought to eradicate existing populations for resettlement by the Aryan race, Vladimir Putin seeks to enslave existing populations to drain surrounding economies and natural resources in a virtual restoration of czarist serfdom. Ukraine, the “breadbasket of Europe,” formerly provided 25% of the entire agricultural production of the former Soviet Union.
Instead of disrupting Ukraine’s economic capability, Czar Vladimir attempted a targeted strike to remove Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian government in the hope that Ukrainians would fall into line. Unsuccessful in that regard, he will have to beat civilian populations and Ukraine into bloody submission and servitude to the Russian Bear and the faltering Russian economy.
WILLIAM T. FIDURKSI
Clark, New Jersey
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