Ask A Genius 1114: And Ukraine, what about the cranes and new life?
Author(s): Rick Rosner and Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Ask A Genius
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2024/09/28
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What are your thoughts on Ukraine? Go.
Rick Rosner: Your thoughts are probably better than mine since you just got back from there. Russia still holds 40,000 square miles of Ukraine, while Ukraine controls about 400 square miles of Russia. Ukraine’s been holding its own. Russia hasn’t taken any more territory, but Ukraine hasn’t regained Crimea either. What do you think?
Jacobsen: Everything’s tenuous. It’s tenuous for the Russians and the Ukrainians. Long term, it’s especially tough for Russia because they’re losing so many men, and the women don’t want to have children. Economically, demographically—it’s not a good situation for the future.
Russia just added another 180,000 troops, giving them the second-largest army in the world, but none of those troops are properly trained.
Rosner: They’re crap. Nobody wants to be there. Many, if they’re sent to Ukraine, want to surrender, and they can if they do it without getting shot. Ukrainians aren’t interested in slaughtering innocent soldiers who don’t want to be there.
Jacobsen: That sounds about right. Most people who go to war don’t want to be there. It takes a strange kind of person to actively want war.
Rosner: Exactly.
Jacobsen: There’s a phrase from H.L. Mencken, the American journalist: ‘War is like love. It’s easy to get into, hard to get out of.’ That fits. It’s the general impression I got from being there twice. I’m happy to be alive and back, but there were real chances of getting killed. Anytime you go to a war zone, that’s always a possibility. But let’s leave that topic for now.
Rosner: Yeah. I assume the Ukrainians are still determined to save their nation?
Jacobsen: Yes, definitely. I’ll end on this—my Ukrainian friend told me that if Zelensky started to waver in his defense of Ukraine, people would think he’s broken, and they’d look to replace him. That’s the mindset—they’re committed.
Rosner: Makes sense.
Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, www.rickrosner.org
Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, www.in-sightpublishing.com
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