(#5565) The calm before the mighty storm

      It seems to me that despite the usual noise we are getting here at home and from Ukraine, there is a quietness that belies what is coming. Here in the US the media is starting to come to terms that this coming election is not like a normal election they have gotten used to historically reporting. They are increasingly finding it difficult to keep trump in a normal mode of respect. He is less than anything respectful and they are seeing this in real time so equally comparing trump to Biden as fair when they are both so different takes some real mind bending attempts to achieve.
     I have no doubt that the powers of the press want this election to be attractive to both sides of viewership yet being less than honest will not help our democracy nor justice. As to Ukraine, the quiet there is in the transition period that is happening right now is comparative, with armaments being assembled and plans for their use being revised. The Russian death toll and equipment loss is still very high for Russia while they continue to throw their treasure and blood away for very little. Yet despite the continued losses Russia seems to be on edge waiting for the next Ukrainian maneuver that is surely about to begin.
     What I see happening in the near future is for we democrats here in the US is to bolster our coming blue wave election with the strength of honest and fair media reporting. While in Ukraine a weakening Russia being hesitant in their ability to be bold and aggressive. Ukraine will be viable soon and when that allied supply of weapons hits the battlefield expect Ukraine to back it up with a fury. The wrong in the US with trump and his acolytes and the wrong in Ukraine with putin and his maniacal disregard for life will soon be put to the test of an unforgiving mood from the US electorate at trump and his maga movement as well as the steely eyed determination of brave Ukrainians who will have the wherewithal to hand putin a most life altering humiliating defeat!