The day the world ends, if it is not the Second Coming by Our Lord, but by the hand of man, will be, to put it mildly, a very bad day. Yet, that is one of the ramifications of the attempt to destroy Russia, according to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill. “We pray to the Lord so that he enlightens those madmen and helps them understand that any desire to destroy Russia will mean the end of the world,” said Patriarch Kirill. The Patriarch is hardly a minority voice, and unquestionably is capturing a sentiment that many Russians likely have. Being tough, outside of the usual woke found everywhere now, the Russians are not afraid of death, and Putin has often said that the Russians will go to heaven, while those “madnen,” spoken of by Patriarch Kirill, will perish.
It is hard to believe that there is not any offer of a compromise on the table, that the idea of peace does not get off the ground. There are no marches for peace, certainly not by the Left who want this war. No doubt they see Russia as a conservative force that stands against their woke views. That is not to say that there are not solid points against Russia, but sliding into World War III which will go nuclear, must be resisted in the name of humanity and decency.