It is true that what you describe is nasty hate-mongering. But let's pause and take a look at how we speak. Is there a chance that perhaps we are each contributing to the escalation of hate and blame that is now ripping not just America, but the planet? Can we really not find a higher ground from which to address these injustices in such a way that something better has a chance to emerge?

Putin certainly is the aggressor in invading Ukraine, but there is so much more to this escalation of events, that I think we need a different language to start moving from finger pointing to a path toward eventual peace, where each group can feel some justice has been done. Enough to listen to Russian-American award-winning journalist Vladimir Posner analyze the decades preceding this horrible war, to realize that we need a radically different course now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nam3AgRLho

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I used to try to tell that to my clients every day:))) Your words really capture it.

If only all of us would put our daily occupations ot the side for a moment and deeply consider this very question! When that happens, we will take a leap toward creating th ekind of society we all want to live in.

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