Lukashenko warns of war if Russia seeks annexation, Ukraine joins ICC as its 125th me [Archive] - Debate Policy

Kathianne

10-26-2024, 12:05 PM

Lukashenko warns of war if Russia seeks annexation, Ukraine joins ICC as its 125th member - Friday brief (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/lukashenko-warns-of-war-if-russia-seeks-annexation-ukraine-joins-icc-as-its-125th-member-friday-brief/ar-AA1sYogA?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=b8d79134a57b47afa246e918616ec64b&ei=58)

https://cwo.byu.edu/00000173-772a-de73-a977-f7aa98a30000/snake-story

StoryThere once was a Native American boy who climbed to the top of a
very tall mountain. As he stood on the summit, looking around, he
heard something slithering at his feet. He jumped back, realizing it
was a rattlesnake. Before he could move farther away, however, the
rattlesnake spoke.

“Please, won’t you carry me down the mountain? It’s cold up here, and
I have no food. I don’t want to die.”

“No,” said the boy. “I know what you are. You’re a rattlesnake. You’re
dangerous to me. If I carry you down the mountain, you’ll bite me.”
As the boy started to go down the mountain side, the snake used his
sneakiness to make the boy feel sorry for him. “Please, I’m a living
creature,” said the snake. “You can’t just let me die!”

The boy thought for a moment. He said, “Do you promise
not to bite me?” The snake replied, “I promise.”

“Well, then, I guess it’s okay,” said the boy, as he picked
up the snake and put it under his shirt. As he hiked down
the mountain, the boy could feel the snake getting warmer. It
began moving around inside his shirt.

“Remember,” said the boy, “you promised not to bite.”

As they got to the bottom of the mountain, the boy reached
into his shirt to put the snake down. Once on the ground,
the snake suddenly coiled. Before the boy knew what happened, the
snake struck forward and bit him on the leg.

“Why did you do that?” cried the boy. “You promised you would not
bite me!”

As the snake slithered away, leaving the boy alone in pain, it hissed
behind, “You knew what I was when you picked me up.

Gunny

10-27-2024, 10:36 AM

Lukashenko is an idiot. While I can empathize with the people who voted against him only to have the election stolen, none for him. He's Mussolini's inept sidekick to Hitler. A wannabe strongman. He is in place only because of his loyalty to Putin. All he has to do is look next door at the results of turning your back on Russia.

IMO it's just bluster.

An interesting situation though. Had Lukashenko not stuffed the ballot box, his opponent was not on board with supporting Russia. Yet another situation where government does not represent the people.