"by the grace of God" she said [View all]

Did any of you hear what Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the United States' Ambassador to the United Nations, said to the UN, this morning after Russia attacked, and seized, Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant?

"By the grace of God, the world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe last night."

That comment rubs me the wrong way. What? Did god intervene to stop the plant from melting down? Please tell me more. Did god change the minds of the Russians who were shooting at the plant?

And what are you going to say, Ambassador, if the nuclear plant actually does melt down? Did god change his mind again? Fooled you again, believer!

And why hasn't god intervened to slap down Putin in the first place? Is he too busy?

There are a million ways to respond to such a potential catastrophe, and I am disappointed that our top "statesman" resorted to invoking god, as if he has anything to do with anything. By the grace of God, we didn't have another Chernobyl! Oh, by the way, why didn't he stop Chernobyl when he had the chance?

You may say, oh it's just a figure of speech. Yes, it is, a very cliche, empty, and meaningless figure of speech.

What next? Is she going to say that god was plucking Russian missiles out of the air and making them disappear before they could explode onto parts of Ukraine, the way a US televangelist said the other day? It's just a short skip and a hop.

And then she still pronounces nuclear "noo-kya-ler" a la Shrubya Bush. Hoo boy.