Posted on 02/20/2025 9:13:04 PM PST by SeekAndFind
I’m starting to think that by the end of Trump’s second administration we’re gonna be able to put together volumes of instances where JD Vance renders a” blistering response”.
That’s kind of his thing, making leftist and liberals look stupid, and he does it with a smile
Well done.
He delivered that “blistering” line “this will not stand about Kuwait on August 2, 1990.
So if Bush41 is such a sage now, we gonna remember what he said the day before on August 1, 1990? That was when he went to Kiev and warned them that Ukrainian nationalism was a crazy path to destruction.
Bravo Vice President Vance. So nice to see the adults back in charge.
Biden broke diplomatic relations with Russia... to further hide the cognitive decline of his entire inner circle.
What a brilliant choice Vance was for Trump!
I like Trump a lot, but it would not bother me if Trump gets his agenda through quickly, rights the national ship, including a balanced budget and then retires just after the Red wave coming at the Midterm elections making JD the incumbent.
JD is a better speaker and debater than Trump. I think he’s a better leader too. I’m on board for something like a Vance/Paul ticket today.
In Kuwait we had the people and hardware to wrap it up in 100 hrs. Ukraine doesn’t have that advantage, and we don’t want boots there.
We’ve also given away the majority of our tube artillery and anti-armor missiles, with no benefit. Time to stop the shooting and restore our supply.
The European and Asian democracies must seriously consider that the U.S. is not a reliable ally.
Regarding VP Vance saying that Russia is overwhelmingly superior to Europe, this isn’t true.
Population: NATO not including the US - 630 million; Russia - 145 million
GDP: NATO not including the US - $25 trillion; Russia - $2 trillion
Military Expenditure: NATO not including the US - $500 billion; Russia - $110 billion
Military Personnel: NATO not including the US - 2.1 million; Russia - 1.3 million
On the home front, the Senate and the House should consider a stand alone aid bill for Ukraine and pass it over Trump’s veto.
Regardless, Europe should man up. Ditto Japan and other East Asian nations. Ditto India.
Ukraine is not worth a single drop of American treasure. It has been a dead man walking since independence. Probably best to prepare and keep our powder dry for the big one and delay it as long as possible.
The moral inequivalence to Kuwait is the enemy and consequence of trying to stop him (Russia).
It is dishonest to claim an agreement like the one coming is not simply apeasment. Not one shred less than what was done with Hitler. I doubt the outcome will be any different.
Even if the war ends it will only be suspended. Biden let the cat out of the bag but it would have come out one day anyway.
As long as Putin lives he will have Ukraine one day and a few other countries.
There can be no peace with either China or Russia or Hamas or Iran or Muslim extremists.
The skirmish containment of the Cold War was only a delaying action.
Global nuclear war will come one day and so long as that weapon remains and the gun is cocked and loaded a tragic mistake or madness is not preventable. One day someone will pull a trigger.
Despots have never been eradicated, never will. They will always only be put down until the next one arises. Evil is resident on earth, always will be and we will struggle against it until He comes.
I hear a helicopter high in this night’s frigid air as I am sitting by the fire listening to Eva Cassidy with the cats. Happy to not live further north. He can only be out for some emergency. So glad I no longer have to go out on lonely stark nights such as this but I was satisfied when I did. If only for the effort to try to do something right. God, how black is the night and bright the stars up there!
And I’m relishing the thought of 8 years of Vance after 4 of Trump 2.0. He’s really looking great.
I remember the GHW Bush administration lying to the American people about “Iraqi soldiers taking Kuwait babies out of incubators and killing them” to emotionally blackmail the public into supporting military action there.
There may have been other good reasons to do it but that tactic of BSing Americans never sat well with me.
First of all, the facts I state regarding Europe versus Russia are not determined by elections. Vance is factually wrong saying that Russia is overwhelmingly superior to Europe. Vance should be more careful. Everybody knows Trump says whatever pops into his mind. Vance is in a position to inherit both Trump’s support and traditional Republican support.
As to the election, we don’t elect dictators in this country. We elect a President in a system of government that has checks and balances. So far there have been few defections from our ranks. But, there is the potential for the solidarity we have enjoyed to unravel on the matter of aid to Ukraine and certain other matters.
Turning to Trump, he deserves a lot of credit for his big win in 2024, and for the Republican Party’s big win of that year. He ran a disciplined campaign and ran ahead of our Senate candidates in multiple swing states. Crucially, Trump won the states of Mi., Wi., Az. and Nv., where our Senate candidates in those states came up short. In comparison, in 2020, Trump generally ran behind our downticket candidates.
Combine Trump’s amazing victory in 2016 with his solid victory in 2024, and we’re talking about a really great politician. Trump doesn’t get half the credit he deserves. Trump is himself amazing. He is a multi-talented person with some very obvious personality flaws.
You make the point that NATO is stronger than Russia and suddenly jump to the conclusion that US aid should continue. That ugly war has gone on for three years. Both sides have paid a high price. Too many Western politicians have become rich over it. If the President can find a way to end it then end it.
Take Turkey out of that mix and what do you have left?
JD is no dummy. IF he got through the liberal Yale and Harvard with great grades and graduated without being scrapped and failed because he was conservative, then yeah, he is no dummy. I am liking this guy more I hear him speak. He just needs real world experience on this level of government. Trump will give him that experience. He can suck up Trump’s knowledge and level of thinking and be able to apply that himself after he runs in 28. He could rule two terms. God would really be blessing us in a mighty way if that happened. We must take advantage of this and make every effort to spread His Word to this lost and dying word. Just read my tag line. I think it makes it clear. If you don’t know Him, today can be your day of salvation. Just Believe!
The last time the President’s party gained seats in the midterms was 2002. The conditions are right for that to happen again in 2026.
Seems like it. The Democrats believe that there's nothing wrong with their party. It's just that their messaging was terrible. So they're blaming it all on Biden/Harris.
So they're doubling down on the woke stuff.
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