My DIL and Ashley just brought me some flowers for my birthday and she has been in contact with her sister. It seems that no one dares to say a word against the war or Putin or they will be shot or put in jail. The ordinary Russian has always coped with unstable ecomomies by buying something to sell later. That is what her sister and her husband did with their savings. The word on the street is that Putin is insane or has cancer or is suffering from the effects of long term covid. He is also drunk with power. If he does the unthinkable and world war three comes, I do not know how any of us will survive chemical and nuclear weapons. He is such a threat to our way of life. So is little rocket man in North Korea. this lust for power that threatens us all is absolutely foreign to my way of thinking. I do not understand how anyone can see those toddlers trying to walk to safety clutching a stuffed animal and not hate this conflict and the instigator of it. I salute the people of the Ukraine for their bravery and willingness to fight on against all odds. I also pity the russian people for their suffering. This is one man's war, Putin's war.