Good point. 
I will allow that Denninger can be a bit of an egotist at times - but he brings the receipts.
Posted on 04/28/2022 4:49:25 PM PDT by kiryandil
Good God, I hope everyone in Congress recognizes what this bill, which apparently has now passed and Biden will sign it (seeing as he asked for it directly), means.
Let's recap. Per our Constitution the military is under civilian control. That is, the actions of the military, including weapons used by same or suitable for same, are under the control of Congress and The Executive.
Congress must authorize anything that leads to expense, and such must come from The House. Again, this is basic Constitution stuff.
Now Congress has explicitly authorized, and Biden will sign, this bill that specifically permits the transfer to Ukraine of basically anything other than nuclear material. Seriously folks -- that's the only real exception found in the referenced definition.
By agreeing to provide direct weaponry that can be and will be used in the waging of war by one of the two parties to same we have entered the conflict. That our GIs are not directly there is of no consequence. This is no different than shipping arms to Britain during WWI in the Lusitania or the lend-lease provisions in early WWII that ultimately led us to get involved there in Europe. Indeed Pelosi directly referenced those early WWII provisions indicating that she knows damn well the implications of what Congress just did.
In fact it was lend-lease of March 1941 that led Hitler to come after the United States; we had entered the war as a belligerent by officially agreeing to supply war material to Britain.
In those two wars there was no realistic means for the Germans or other Axis powers to hit us directly on our own soil. But they did in fact do that in response when they sunk the Lusitania, which had a bunch of Americans on board. They could reach that ship...
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Don’t be a jerk… you knew he meant CONUS
If all our weapons are gone, that means we will have to make more, and I'm pretty sure all these suppliers are connected to DC.
Good point.
I will allow that Denninger can be a bit of an egotist at times - but he brings the receipts.
I would imagine a lot of freepers are way too old to be very useful in a war.
He had a term: "The silly season."
They're still going full Nazi.
Many ordinary Germans want the war with Russia [the voices on the TeeVee are telling them so] - but the German businesses know what that means economically.
But they were mostly flukes, brought about by the other side fighting the last war.
As the war progressed, it became obvious the technology and industrial power, as well as tactical acumen, were on the American side of the Japanese/American conflict.
We seem to be seeing a similar thing in Ukraine (in a much reduced scale). The Russian technology, industrial power, and tactical acumen, is a war behind what they face in the modern weaponry, tactics, intelligence, and cyber technology the Ukrainians have mustered, even though much of it is from the West. (And the West has a huge advantage in technology and industrial power, compared to the Russians).
Probably the biggest difference is one of morale. The Ukrainians have the home court advantage, as did the British, Russians, and Americans in WWII.
My suspicion is the German soldiers had far higher morale in WWII than the Russian soldiers do now.
If all our weapons are gone, that means we will have to make more, and I'm pretty sure all these suppliers are connected to DC.
The guys at The Duran are saying exactly that - they're calling it the MIC.
Enough!
Many ordinary Germans want the war with Russia [the voices on the TeeVee are telling them so] - but the German businesses know what that means economically.
Ran across this quote some years ago.
Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.
It is a large difference, and he did not state it, probably because it undercut his narrative.
It is the main reason we got into WWII.
It's usually wise to check your receipts just to make sure what you purchased is 'correctly' listed.
I’m sure they could serve REMFS and POGs.
“So, Pearl Harbor never happened?”
I guess not. Nor the Japanese attacks in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. Or Midway. Or Wake.
One of the warmongers, if you suggest he grab a rifle and join the fight, responds that you’re a “Putin puffer”.
That's why I posted that famous picture of a Murderer's Row of American fleet carriers.
My suspicion is the German soldiers had far higher morale in WWII than the Russian soldiers do now.
I think Russians just endure.
I've spoken of this before. You see it in the resurgence of the Orthodox faith in Russia, after brutal suppression and wanton killing under the Red Tsars.
Don’t be disingenuous He’s referring to hitting the continental United States not Pearl Harbor
There are many here who dislike my "not our circus, not our monkeys" postings.
The US was always going to fight Nazi Germany
Suspect you’re the one who doesn’t know any history
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