Ukraine War

I Don’t Think I’m A Pacifist Anymore

Molotov cocktail, anyone?

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I don’t think I’m the only person fantasizing about heaving a few Molotov cocktails at Russian tanks.

This is surprising on one hand because I’ve always considered myself something of a pacifist and I’ve disagreed with every war in my lifetime.

I never understood why so many Americans were hot to go to war after 9–11. We were not attacked by any particular country. The were mostly from Saudi Arabia. But did we attack Saudi Arabia? Hell no. We attacked Afghanistan, and then we a story and invaded Iraq just because we wanted to. We spent trillions and achieved nothing and the whole thing disgusts me, because we could have spent that money on education or healthcare or green technology or cutting the national debt. We pissed away a fortune, killed God knows how many people, stirred up a hornet’s nest and are no safer.

So yeah, not a fan of war.

All right then, why did I devour this information written by fellow Medium writer Sam Westreich about making a good Molotov cocktail? What gives?

I’m enraged that Russian President Vladimir Putin has made up a ridiculous story to justify invading a sovereign nation. And I’ve had to do some soul searching…