Food for Thought: Collateral Damage
From days of happiness to a week of disasters, in this mid-week special report we analyze four recent events. They caused terror. They cost us lives. They were also avoidable.
Concert-goers in Moscow were terrorized, leaving 140+ dead and many more injured.
On Mar 22nd, a division of ISIS operating out of Afghanistan under the cover of the Taliban, ISIS-K, claimed responsibility. Later, they released a first-person video of the shooting. Four gunmen have been arrested. World leaders from east to west put their Russia differences aside to condemn the attacks, and showed solidarity towards a common enemy.
On the same day, Russia had launched the most brutal attack on Ukraine’s largest hydroelectric plant in their continued effort to cripple Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Many Ukrainians were plunged into darkness as a result.
Putin pointed his finger at Ukraine alleging involvement in the Moscow massacre, even though it was he who decided to ignore the warning from US intelligence on a possible attack.
Russia stepped up attacks on Ukraine with long-range cruise missiles and drones. One Kyiv-bound cruise missile violated Poland's airspace for 39 seconds. This pu…
