Sleight of hand, a shell game, a lie. They are all one and the same and we are seeing them acted out in Ukraine and in our own country. Let's start with Ukraine.
On July 29 there was an explosion and fire at Olenivka detention center in Ukraine, killing 50 detained Ukrainian soldiers. These soldiers were some of those who had surrendered at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. According to Russia the explosion was caused by Ukraine using HIMARS. Ukraine says, no, it wasn't a strike by them, it was Russia.
Here is a nice in depth article from CNN on who may really have killed the Ukrainian POW's. The evidence seems to point to an internal explosion, not the result of any outside missile strike.
What really happened at Olenivka?
If the Russians ordered these men killed to cover up abuses or to intentionally eliminate hated prisoners they have committed a war crime, one among many. And they are lying.
Now we come to my country, the United States. We are still mired in the lies and massive con that our former Dear Leader Donald Trump foisted on us with his attempt to steal the presidential election. Yes, you heard that here, it was not the Democrats but the Republican supporters of Donald Trump who tried some sleight of hand to overthrow a legitimate election. And when that didn't work they tried violence in the guise of the January 6th insurrection. But if you have been paying attention you already know this.
Now we have an FBI raid of Donald Trump's Florida residence in search of documents the former president removed from the White House illegally. None of those documents should have been removed and some may have national security implications. One has to question why Trump took them in the first place. Yet we have many Republicans who are frothing at the mouth in support of Trump.
I in no way think that the Republican party has stooped to the level of barbarity of the Russian government. I like to believe there are still some in that party who do have integrity. However, the lying to cover up illegal actions is exactly the same. The lying to promote themselves is exactly the same. The lying that impacts our futures is the same.
Listen up and start acting like adults, because this matters. Why did Trump have those kinds of documents at Mar-A-Lago?
