Posted on 05/15/2021 3:45:40 AM PDT by MtnClimber
China and Russia are aggressively raising their stakes against Taiwan and Ukraine. Why? Just take a sober view of Biden's America, at war with itself. China and Russia came to a pragmatic conclusion: America in 2021 has neither the desire nor the courage nor the political will to protect itself and its allies.
It was under Biden that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline work continued. It was under Biden that the preparations for the seizure of Taiwan by China entered the final phase. Under Biden, China's seizure of the South China Sea, suspended by Trump, is close to completion. Under Biden, both Russia and China decided on something that was simply unthinkable under Trump — they forced preparations for open aggression against neighbors.
Trump, at the end of a dinner with the Chinese leader, three months into his presidency, fired 60 Tomahawk missiles at Syria. Everything was organized so no one doubted that the missiles were intended for China and Russia's leaders, although they were fired into Syria. A year later, in February 2018, a platoon of American Rangers defeated a battalion tactical group of Russian mercenaries in Syria. Of the 500 people, few survived, and all 27 tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed in a four-hour battle.
Both China and Russia immediately realized that, with Trump, the guy who brought down a billion dollars' worth of missiles while sweets were being served, it was necessary to remain within the bounds of decency. Under Biden, no one is going to remain within these bounds. On the contrary, Beijing and Moscow are well aware that Biden is a temporary, accidental person in the White House, and it is necessary to strike while the iron is hot. Under Biden, Beijing's and Moscow's expansionist plans are destined to come true.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Infuriatingly I have to agree with you on the undue control of the small majority.
I wish you didn’t have to agree with me. I would love to be wrong about all this! But here we are.
[snip] Trump, at the end of a dinner with the Chinese leader, three months into his presidency, fired 60 Tomahawk missiles at Syria. Everything was organized so no one doubted that the missiles were intended for China and Russia's leaders, although they were fired into Syria. A year later, in February 2018, a platoon of American Rangers defeated a battalion tactical group of Russian mercenaries in Syria. Of the 500 people, few survived, and all 27 tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed in a four-hour battle. [/snip]
Yeah, that was nice. Of course, the Beasts know no borders, and are better known as the Deep State.
Commie/progressives have used every trick in the book to make their numbers look larger than they are... and they've used the toadies in the press to expand on that illusion. Problem is they're fooling enough people... and infiltration enough parts of our government... that what was once illusion is becoming reality.
“There is a need for the realization that, regardless of our numbers, we are no longer on equal footing with those in control. We are now dissidents! We do not have the same voice as our ever-strengthening oppressors, and we do not have the same rights that they enjoy.”
https://humanevents.com/2021/05/15/understanding-and-embracing-the-role-of-the-21st-century-american-dissident/
The US Military is now a paper tiger. A serious conflict would be over before our military officers got the drapes picked out for the barracks.
Look for this profound level of incompetence in government to accelerate to dangerous levels as more and more “leaders’ are promoted by the Woke crowd on Woke terms/criteria.
“Meanwhile, here in the United States, Russia’s opponent during the Cold War, the City of Philadelphia took the gun away from 51-year-old Police Detective Jennifer Gugger. Her “crime”? She attended the rally in Washington on January 6th. There was no indication that she was inside the Capitol, simply at the rally. She had some strong posts on social media, especially about Vice President Mike Pence, but not anything that would constitute a direct threat.
What do these two seemingly quite different people have in common? They are both dissidents. They both acted as though they had the right to say and do what they said and did. They were both mistaken. In Russia, given its history of totalitarianism, Navalny likely knew what he was getting himself into. In our country, however, where totalitarianism is in its infant stages, it is quite likely that Gugger was caught unawares.
Interesting. I’ve known for a while our ‘elites’ were going totalitarian ... like the old USSR - the only people our ‘elites’ are protecting are themselves. Washington is a corrupt capital city - unwilling to look into the mirror of reality. They no longer even pretend to be representing the intreset of the people... they’re spoiled brats - born to wealth and DC power and not willing to accept a Constitution that grants power to ‘the great unwashed’.
It’s ugly..
Yup.
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