War as the God's gift

How many difficulties bring us this Poroshenko's "peace initiatives" and dullness of senior army leadership. Our businessman-president going to Minsk for negotiations of a new ceasefire and signing of new "peace agreements" every time, when our forces have the best conditions for offensive actions. New "truce agreement" is signed - separatists are shelling our positions with even greater fervor, while the Ukrainian forces have to wait for arrival of the OBSE, which should fix the fact of shelling and official permit of commanders for return fire (now we cannot even provide a normal return fire because of withdrawing of heavy artillery). We lost a lot of friends on this war, but still ready to defend every inch of our holy land, unlike our government. 

I assume that is this situation will be continued, that the soldiers of volunteer battalions and Armed Forces will reach to final conclusion on impossibility of win the war under Poroshenko leadership. And then ... then there will be no Poroshenko. Of course it really can destabilize the situation, but this is the only way to save Ukraine.


But the president and the General staff is just a part of problem. Another part of problem lays in mental level. I mean a pacifist worldview, desire to achieve peace as soon as it possible by any way. I think such moods among Ukrainians is quite favorable for the government, so they providing into the masses by the media artificially. On the other hand, they are the result of years of statelessness, due to the fact that since the times of Russian empire (in USSR especially) someone always tries to taught us to be a passive mass, not the creators of our own fate. That all is interconnected: the government, the historical path of our nation, media, the public moods.

Media space is filled with the word "peace", everywhere: "we did not start this war", "we want peace", "we should reach the peace as soon as it possible", etc. This is unacceptable at the wartime. Just imagine how much decreased soldier`s motivation if he will be thinking about comeback home as soon is it possible, it will demoralizing him and even increase chances of death. Soldier should to love war, he should think about war at the frontline, this is the way to return home alive and well. The same applies to the whole nation: Ukrainians should abandon the idea of peace and peaceful solving of the conflict, if we really wish for peace. First of all we should wish for win, for elimination of the enemy, not for peace! Ukrainians should to love war!
 

War it is not only the romance, bravado. War it is a dirt, blood, death of your brothers. War it is your brother's legs, injured by a machine gun fire and you see him bones in the wounds. War it is when you have to carry the deceased soldier with torn torso. We should remember, then our red-black flag it is the symbol of a blood, which was spilled on the ground for our freedom! It looks great in peacetime. But in wartime your red-black chevron turns into brown due to dried blood. It doesn't smell not only by a freshness of the morning, but also by a scorched human flesh, by a incense at funerals. But despite that all, war is important! 

Another problem is the fact that some of Ukrainians are hoping for some serious help from the West. They want to someone else will come and solve all their problems (actually we can see this problem not only in Ukraine). Probably they have forgot these Lesya Ukrainka`s words: "Who frees himself will be free. Who frees another, will enslave him". Perhaps we should remind them school course of Ukrainian literature? Furthermore, the situation is that the West doesn't really want to confront Russia and fight for control over all of Ukrainian territories. Anyway, who will really help us? Putin`s old friend Merkel or maybe Obama? Of Course, this is advantageous for West to have some influence on Ukraine - both political and economic. But now the Western countries has not enough of ambitions is not enough to oppose for Russia. Moreover, the heads of many European countries are former Marxists who were brought up in the tradition of love of Communist Russia.

With regards to USA - I have no sympathy towards the imperialist policy of this state, but, just remember how this country ensured its power: wars, one by one. And this is not defensive wars on its territory, but all over the world to ensure its imperial ambitions. However, it was not easily. For example, during the Vietnam war the US lost about 60 thousands of his soldiers killed. 150 thousand were wounded. Certainly, the number of our losses largely depends on subjective factors (president's policy, incompetence of the high command, the presence of enemy agents). But we must be ready for more sacrifices. The main thing - to make these sacrifices in a real fight! 

I was a paramedics at the frontline and I really know what is death and suffering. Nevertheless, I am firmly convinced of the need of all these sacrifices. I remember the words from childhood: "State - is the blood and iron, freedom - is the tip of a sword!"

War always gives a chance and now we really have a chance to win real freedom in the war with Russia. Against this background, anyone who speaks of "the need to resolve the conflict by diplomatically way " - acting as an enemy. Even if he talks about his condolences to the military - he spits to the graves of our fallen comrades and the history of our liberation struggle. He wants to make our sacrifices in vain. 

Today God present us a chance, we have no moral right to miss it. For the dead, alive and future generations.

by Alexander Tumanov