I didn’t mean to imply that your sympathy for the ukes is misplaced.
Helping people is always a good thing. It’s just that my whole life I’ve had to listen to sanctimonious Leftists preaching about charity, while turning a blind eye to the Leftist policies that cause the poverty in the first place.
There was this one friend who joined Doctors Without Borders - you can hardly fault him for sacrificing a wealthy life style to go suffer in the most impoverished places in the world - I doubt he’s a good person and obviously an intelligent one.
But when I talk to him about politics he’s completely got his head up his ass. He understands nothing about individual freedom and rights. He thinks the government is somehow immune from corruption and they should be given power over us to compel us to “do the right thing”.
Since people don’t all give up their wealth and property to the poor like he does, the government should have the power to take it in taxes. He thinks we need more tax and regulation - but the borders should be open.. criminals should be set free.
For a doctor he sure is an idiot.
Sorry for ranting
Thanks. It wasn’t ranting.
No great options here at this point and not really sure what the best way forward is anymore.
Apparently the ones running Joe Biden are hell bent on continuing to supply not enough for the Ukes to win or gain negotiating advantage but enough to prevent the Russians from rolling in either. Attrition realities mean this is limited-time hangout strategy which will kill and maim so many on both sides and waste our resources in a never can win effort. I resent that we are being lied to that we are giving the Ukes what they need because we aren’t. We may never be able to without triggering thermonuclear war globally either. Tired of Nuke countries like Russia, China and N. Korea making nuke threats without consequences to them also.