I wrote this for my Moscow friend Angelika Sky, who is of Russian, Ukrainian and Polish descent. She wants nothing more than a reasonable negotiated peace in Ukraine based upon a mutual understanding of facts, rather than Russophobic prejudice. There are many others, even in the US, such as UN economist / committees head, Jeffery Sachs, former senior Pentagon advisor, Col. Douglas MacGregor Ph.D and Watergate journalist Seymour Hersh, etc. who feel the same way, and are currently being barred from the mainstream press. I think Washington and NATO have gone completely nuts! Even Trump would be better in this regard. To understand exactly why go to: http://www.cryterion.com/Abrev.UkraineCommentary.htm

Friends across enemy lines, living where the light still shines Friends across enemy lines, seeking truth and leaving hatred behind In 1918 we claimed the prize, but then Versaille caused Hitler's rise Do unto others as you'd have them do, on another day unto you This point so often gets lost in the haze, and leads to anger and a violent craze So can we figure out these karmic laws, and realize there's no Santa Claus, and be Friends across enemy lines, living where the light still shines Friends across enemy lines, seeking truth and leaving hatred behind We claim belief in democracy, but so did Blackbeard and his piracy It's really all about plutocracy, and self-righteous hypocrisy Propaganda in the mainstream news, herding cattle and lighting the fuse We gotta break this cycle of gloom, before our nonsense brings the final doom, and be Friends across enemy lines, living where the light still shines Friends across enemy lines, seeking truth and leaving hatred behind Friends across enemy lines, living where the light still shines Now, you may call us traitors or worse, but we're loyal members of the universe Friends across enemy lines, living where the light still shines Now, you may think we're naive or blind, but we're plague-casters of a modern kind Friends across enemy lines, yeah, friends across enemy lines