• Home
    • Photo Archives 2021-2022
    • Photo Archives 2020
    • Photo Archive 2019
    • Photo Archive 2018 - >
      • Photo Archives 04/01/17 >
        • Photo Archives 06/01/16 - 10/31/16
        • Photo Archive 09/01/2015 - 01/31/2016
        • Photo Archive 01/01/15
        • Photo Archive 8/01/14 - 12/31/14
        • Photo Archive 4/02/14 - 7/31/14
        • Photo Archive 11/24/13-04/01/14
        • Photo Archive 10/01/2013
        • Photo Archive 02/01/2016 - 05/31/2016
      • Photo Archive 11/03/16 -
    • EVENTS & BOOK SIGNINGS
  • About the Author
    • Contact us
    • FAQ
  • Buy the books
    • Book 2 Preview
  • Blog
  • About the book
    • Locales in the book
    • Allied Naval Forces >
      • Pacific Fleet
      • Atlantic Fleet
    • Allied Ground Forces
    • Allied Air Forces
    • Strategic Reserves
Michael S. Pauley, Author

SHINY THINGS AND THE DARK ABYSS

3/24/2014

0 Comments

 
The current situation in the Ukraine can best be described with one word, “fluid.” As of this writing, the Russians have successfully cut off, or subsumed, every Ukrainian military installation on Crimea. The Ukrainian Navy is either blocked off, or in some instances been “captured.” The Russian forces have built up dramatically along the eastern border between Ukraine and Russia, and as I noted last week, the breakaway Provence of Transdnesitria, in Moldova, appears to be asking for “Russian” assistance. The politicians in this Country appear to be fighting to a stalemate over the best way to deal with the issue, while President Putin continues to advance his agenda at the expense of his neighbors. 
     Perhaps, along with fluid, another great descriptive term would be "abyss." While many are distracted by missing airliners, rampant speculation, and aviation mysteries, it would seem that several countries are pushing all of us ever closer to the abyss. Egypt, in a move that astounds many, today has given the death penalty to more than 500 people for political opposition. Granted it is best described as Islamist opposition, but this heavy handed behavior hardly seems to be a viable course in today’s modern age. Then there is “Little Kim” or Kim Jong Un, who is enjoying the firing of dozens of short range missiles from his eastern coastline. Is he testing them? Nope, he is merely showing “force” as a means of protesting the ongoing military exercises being conducted by the United States and South Korean forces. Then there are the multitude of rockets into Israel, Turkey banning Twitter and shooting down Syrian aircraft, Syrians attacking neighbors along with their own populations, and collapses of governments in South America. All news that most are either ignoring, or aren’t hearing about on a daily basis, because the media has decided that we as Americans prefer to see "the shiny things."
      Regardless of your political bent, or your stance on domestic policy, I think we can agree that the world isn’t getting more enlightened as we advance into the Twenty First Century. Consequently, we are now being drug to the precipice of an abyss, where if the trend around the world is allowed to continue, we might very well be looking at the kind of thing we’ve grown up hoping to avoid. Sadly, many of us will be surprised to see us suddenly on that abyss, when in fact, we've been creeping in that direction for quite a while. ~ Michael S. Pauley 

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Michael S. Pauley is a Navy brat and an old soldier who served in all three components of the United States Army. Living in Lexington, South Carolina, Michael is now a practicing attorney and member of the United States Naval Institute and the American Legion, Post 154, Tybee Island, Georgia.

    Archives

    June 2021
    May 2021
    December 2020
    August 2017
    January 2017
    October 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    December 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013

    Categories

    All
    Aliens
    Current News
    Day Job
    Day Job
    Events
    History
    Military
    Random Thoughts
    Sequels
    Writing

    RSS Feed

Contact us
EVENTS/BOOK SIGNINGS
FAQ
Buy the books
Site maintained by Downhill Media Group, LLC