Introduction: Critical Race Theory

During the insanity of war, an unknown pregnant woman and her baby were killed as a massive missile attack destroyed the maternity ward where she and other expectant mothers were being treated. They join thousands who have died and millions who have been displaced as a result of what can only be called the egomaniacal desires of an autocrat. As a paranoid dictator, Vladimir Putin joins not only his predecessor, Stalin, but a list of others, such as Hitler, Idi Amin, Papa Doc, and Ferdinand Marcos. Like these other dictators, Putin has no concern for what will happen once he leaves the scene. Putin frankly doesn’t care, as he follows the script laid down by dictators who came before. One such example comes from 1757 when King Louis XV of France dismissed the stunning defeat in the battle of Rossbach. According to one account, Madame de Pompadour, equally unfazed, declared “après nous le deluge,” or “after us, the deluge.” Such dismal conditions are standard fare for failure among autocrats and dictators. Similarly, Putin exhibits a nihilistic indifference to the consequences of his actions. The reality is that this insane war was premeditated, conspicuous, and deliberately conceived and executed by Vladimir Putin. The truth is that Vladimir Putin is waging this war, has been planning this war, and has no intentions of ending this war until Ukraine no longer exists and its people have been annihilated. And this will serve no political, economic, or sane reason other than the inflation of Putin’s ego.