I found the following
ONLY because of the
articles title which should be obvious to everyone I've been tracking to the best of my ability for some time well before there was a war this is what I've done for a
longtime now.
What caught my attention immediately was what's in para 1.
What we thought. Which has been well publicized
This is a nice short and to the point overview article of the war and its uncertain future.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...b691c68f202b52
This is no time nor the place for "Waving the Flag" lest we forget people are dying while we're playing a game.
Our time has come and gone as are those whom we took our orders (Or gave to.) as are the leaders who've made the decisions to carry out what's good for our "
National Interests".
It's hard I know as I'm trying NOT to express my personal views out here and it's difficult at times NOT to do so. I GET IT.
Some people probably don't realize how many times and how close we came to the "
ultimate battle" during the
Cold War there's a (was) Russian Colonel who was in Moscow in
1983 when his superiors thought they were incoming missiles. He refused to launch based I what he thought was really going on.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24280831
Or the Russian submarine (
B-19) Captain who refused to do the same
in the games we played with them and they with us and reminds me of the movie "
The Bedford Incident" except that it had a different ending.
https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...ed-nuclear-war
We watched what it was like to die a
slow death on a submarine when the
KURSK sank every day in our
OPCON until the end. I
cannot express the anger we all felt or the other emotions we had leading up to the needless death of that crew because of
national pride when the handful of countries that have
DSRV's or similar system could've been on site within 24hrs.
Like
9/11 (We were in the
OPCON for that as well.) we'll always remember the
KURSK.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...tail&FORM=VIRE
We have newer systems now, but the procedures are very similar to the video. These were still in service when I was in and would see the next version before I retired.
In case the
KURSK gets a
reaction possibly from some front, in my "
shadow box" I have a set of my Submarine "Dolphins", an
RN Officers Submarine "Dolphins" below and left of mine and finally in the same position to the right a
Soviet Commanding Officers "Dolphins" because of what I experienced in our shared "
environment" we respected them for their
PROFESSIONALISM.
I have no time for this, the matter will get settled without our help.
My only concern at the moment is to ensure that CINCLANTHOME has a wonderful Birthday tomorrow as we spend the day together as we see the new "DOWNTON ABBEY" movie- OH LUCKY ME!?! 
Before I forget one of the things, I got her was the ANCESTRY 6-MONTH "Go crazy as our files are fully open to you!" in a day she so far has traced her dad's family back to
1676 in Edinburgh, Scotland!
ANDY she could be related to you!! 
Regards,
Pat
