Reversing the rush to war

By Francisco S. Tatad

Nov 09, 2022 12:07 am

FIRST THINGS FIRST

Part 2

THE danger of a global nuclear war breaking out from Ukraine seems to be getting more serious each day, but many of our Western leaders seem more concerned with how to destroy Russia than how to save Ukraine and avoid a more cataclysmic war. President Emmanuel Macron of France, after several brave attempts to mediate, was finally quoted as saying negotiations have very dim chances in that country now.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin talks to representatives of national public associations, youth and volunteer organizations after a wreath-laying ceremony at the monument to Citizen Minin and Prince Pozharsky on Red Square in the capital Moscow on Nov. 4, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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