Hope, Doom, Hope
It's been a relatively nice day here in London today. It was a glorious sunrise, and the sky remained clear all day. Temperatures soured to a blazing 8 degrees on the Centigrade scale, making it a very pleasant walking experience indeed. On days like this, one can't help thinking about the beautiful things in life, and the happier days. There is something about the sun that brings positivity and hope.
Talking of hope, winter is half over. It's not long now till it will be springtime, my favourite time of the year, again. A time of new beginnings. A lot of people think of January as the month of new beginnings, but that's just due to the mental conditioning of the Gregorian Calendar. Springtime is the true rebirth.
In the midst of all that hope and positivity, I had a horrifying chat with someone at the cafe about the threat levied against the UK by Russia. I'm not sure this is actually true - I saw it on the Internet. It is, however a dauntingly plausible thing. Apparently Russia has flaunted her ability to "wipe out Britain" with nuclear bombs. Not in the usual way, but rather using torpedos that would be detonated underwater near the coasts. The resulting tsunami would then wash over the British isles, ending most human life.
Like I said, this is actually plausible but, thankfully, it's very improbable. Rest assured that this place has been an island for a long time :). I'm sure this isn't the first time someone has pondered this. I'm also reasonably sure that the people in charge of defending this country have simulated such attacks and have adequate defences in place. Besides, we have nukes too. Any such attack on Britain would mean the total destruction of Russia as we know it.
Britain is a much hated, probably the most hated, country globally. She's despised by multiple nuclear powers. Don't be fooled by her size, she is more than capable of defending herself, even without her giant little brother, the United States. These other countries know this, is why they would never try any such thing. They will, however, bluff and threaten to create fear and panic.
Having said the above, if the UK does send in tanks to fight Russia, then honestly we are fair game. One couldn't blame Russia if they physically brought the war to us here. I hope this never happens, but who knows what's possible these days. The past few years have shown us nothing is "unlikely" anymore.
*Gosh! Why is it so expensive to fly to Fiji? Why is accommodation so expensive in New Zealand? *
Peace & Love,
Adé
Currently Russia is in fight with Ukrane, they should not say these stupid statements to fight the Britian. Thought you have a power, but you can't fight everyone. Russia need to think of their strategy again other countries. Fight is not the solution of everything.
I hope it all ends soon.
Let’s just hope such a scenario will never come true… I don’t think there’s a man so evil to trigger such actions.
I think if something like that happens, it will hurt a big part of mainland Europe coast too. Netherlands may be wiped out much heavily.
Let’s just hope to see this only in movies…
You're right about Netherlands. Also Belgium, parts of France and even Denmark. It's unfathomable really, and it will bring on ww3 that will affect the whole planet.
In winter, when such a sun shines, a person feels very good and goes to the people and sits for a while and does so. We only pray that this kind of war does not happen to any country because it makes life miserable for the people living there.
Yes indeed. The whole world seems to be angry at someone and ready to go to war. Almost every country. But we pray for peace.
This is a beautiful and hopeful description of the day in London! It's great to hear that the weather was perfect and the sunrise was glorious. The idea of spring being a time of new beginnings is refreshing and a reminder that there is always something to look forward to. Looking forward to the start of springtime! Thanks for this @adetorrent