The Four Horsemen of the Ukrainian Apocalypse

by Thomas Reiner, Quartz Mountain Commentary, ©2025

(Aug. 21, 2025) — Due to our collapsing educational system, most people are unaware that something called History existed before they exited their Birth Person. Without a knowledge of History, it is virtually guaranteed that the bad side of history will repeat itself. Unfortunately, there are many examples of Rehistory^TM occurring in contemporary America. One prime example is the lovefest being showered on a Communist about to be elected mayor of New York City who will imprison its denizens with “free stuff.” Vegas odds favor decimation and bankruptcy of that city because history shows that this behavior is antithetical to human behavior. Another example is the resurgence of the Third Reich pre-Holocaust Kristallnacht infecting America with antisemitism. Bullets and burning have already murdered Jews in favor of the Barbarism of Hamas. History will show that this is not a good idea and the Bad Boys who sacked Roman civilization were their ancient relatives.

Perhaps the biggest slippage of forgotten history is the slow destruction of Ukraine for the last 93 years. Ukraine is more than a country in the game of Risk. Here is a test question easily answered by students who stayed awake during History class: What was the Holodomor in 1932-33? (answer given later). Fast- forward to 1991 when the USSR disintegrated from a Big, Beautiful Communist Nation^TM into a thugocracy. Ukraine freed itself from being a vassal Soviet Socialist Republic to becoming a free nation, albeit under threat by the phoenix of Russia. Enter the first Horseman of the Apocalypse: President Bill Clinton, in 1994, who hoodwinked Ukraine into relinquishing its arsenal of nuclear weapons in exchange for American security guarantees. Sound familiar?

The second Horseman of the Ukrainian Apocalypse was our Wonderful President Barack Obama, the Light-Bringer. While focusing on crowing about the evil and racist America, he allowed Putin to occupy the Crimea in 2014 without a peep, to which President Clinton had agreed. Ukraine began to be eaten by the Beast.

Joe “Don’t” Biden is the third and most dangerous Horseman to date, but History hasn’t finished yet. He subjected America to permanent Democratic tyranny by opening our border which would have impressed even the Roman Empire. He then abandoned Afghanistan, literally in the middle of the night, giving the largest airbase in the world to China and leaving $80 billion of military equipment on the table. Guess who was paying attention?

Russian tanks started rolling towards Kyiv in 2022 but Ukraine fought back, hoping that it was David versus Goliath. They also had the word of Bill Clinton to back them, but they had only repaid their debt by giving Hunter Biden a cush job for which he was totally unqualified. Biden failed miserably due to his dementia and now more than a million people have died. Putin is a gangster whose only goal is to reestablish the original USSR boundaries no matter the cost.

President Trump is attempting to broker a peace but unfortunately America’s word is no better than the paper it is printed on. Trump means well but we don’t know yet who the Fourth Horseman of the Ukrainian Apocalypse will be. That President will totally ignore whatever agreement is made out of fear or ignorance, and Russian tanks will reroll. Trump is proving to be a great President and Peacemaker but America has the bad habit of eventually electing worthless and destructive fools. Neville Chamberlain once waved a piece of paper proclaiming, “We have peace in our time,” but how did that work out with cowardice and ineffective leadership? Ukraine must never cede any more territory after Crimea. Putin will never give up his dream of USSR reunification. The only real path to peace is for the Russian oligarchy to rise up and remove Putin from power just as they did with Khrushchev.

Finally, here is a quick review of the Original Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and their modern counterparts. They are from the Book of Revelation in the Bible.

Famine: Holomodor is the test question answer which was the original Horseman. Stalin created an intentional famine by stealing Ukraine’s agriculture to facilitate the rapid industrialization of the USSR in 1932-33. Over a million Ukrainians starved to death while The New York Times fêted Stalin in Moscow. He has been replaced by President Clinton who disarmed Ukraine to the wolves. 

War: Putin started the one-sided war in 2022, to which Biden’s only response was “Don’t.” Putin “Did.”

Death: North Korean and Iranian-supplied Russian Drones continue to slaughter innocent Ukrainian civilians. Untold deaths have occurred on both sides but Putin could care less unless his goals are achieved. 

Final Conquest: This is the future fourth Horseman when Russia eventually violates any treaty negotiated by Trump and NATO after the memory of History is conveniently forgotten. Putin is playing the game of Risk.

Standing up to Russia is the only viable path forward because Putin has painted himself into the corner. Relinquishing further Ukrainian territory will only invite future transgressions into Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania as well as Europe as a whole. Just ask Adolph Hitler. History is more than just for Historians.