Posted on 01/24/2022 4:34:09 AM PST by MtnClimber
Those who are too addled to remember or understand the past may doom us all to repeat it.
For those who pay attention to history, it’s completely unnerving watching Joe Biden seemingly plan to drag America into a war in and over Ukraine. The great powers’ focus on this little country is eerily reminiscent of the start of WWI, a war that laid the groundwork for everything wrong with the last 108 years of Western history.
Ukraine, a small, corrupt country on Russia’s southeastern edges, was once part of the former Soviet Union. For reasons that make absolutely no sense, the U.S. is determined to see Ukraine join NATO, although NATO is less thrilled about that given Ukraine’s corruption and the fact that it does nothing to help defend Europe against Russia (which, after all, was the point of NATO).
Meanwhile, Putin is absolutely horrified at the thought of Ukraine joining NATO because that means he has a putatively hostile country sitting immediately on his border—and, worse, potentially affecting his access to the all-important warm water port that is the Black Sea (which leads to the Bosporus and from there, eventually, to the Mediterranean). That’s why Putin is making such a big show of massing troops on Ukraine’s border.
It's unlikely that this would have happened on Trump’s watch, for he never would have let matters get to this point. True to his credo, he would have figured out a deal that would have allowed all parties to maintain face and defuse the situation on the border.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Why are we in this handbasket? And where are we going?
RE: Why are we in this handbasket?
Simple. When Dear Leader is floundering, there are only two things that can revive his popularity. War and/or a Presidential State Funeral. It looks like Dimjo has vetoed the State Funeral, so only one option left.
We are here because all the Progressive dreams of governance are coming true. They are in charge and doing what they always dreamed of.
And, we are headed down the Rat hole in a hurry.
Woodrow Wilson, FDR, Truman (Yes, he ended one war, but started another), LBJ...
It is hard to know with certainty what Trump would have done and what would have happened were he still president but I agree the situation, if things continue, is bleak. We would not have progressed to this point under Trump. If things continue on this course we are going to find ourselves in a very bad situation, we should back off right now and define the boundaries of our involvement and stick to it. And I totally agree with the writer of this article, there is zero reason for the USA or for that matter NATO to get involved in this affair.
Stupid people always warn of WW3 every time a conflict breaks out in the middle east forgetting that WW1 and WW2 were mainly European wars so it seem logical to assume that WW3 will follow that legacy.
What would happen if Biden threw a “War” and nobody came? In other words, NATO sits on their hands and only Putin and Biden show up.
Since I no longer believe anything our government & it’s media lackeys advocate for, I’m thinking Putin is right about the Ukraine.
Biden thinks it’s World War Won and has no idea how the various nations got entangled in it.
The author gives Zhao Bai-den too much credit as I don’t believe he ever knew or understood a thing about WW1. Being addle-pated currently is merely cover for a total lack of intellectual power as evidenced by his college and law school transcripts.
Schiff said U.S.will deploy thousands of troops.
Wag the Dog.
[stolen] elections have consequences.
Part Deux
I’ve always thought that it was wrong to try to bring Ukraine into NATO, and that Russia’s worries about such a scenario were understandable. Not that NATO would ever attack Russia from Ukraine, but why risk feeding Russian paranoia over the matter for no discernible gain? Russia is in serious decline in almost every way, including demographically, so it is the height of idiocy to add even more pressure to the situation, backing them into a corner for no reason and risking a potentially devastating war in response.
there are only two things that can revive his popularity. War and/or a Presidential State Funeral.
It’s not too late for either one.
The way Bill and Jimmy look it could be a double funeral
with democrat/media tears ten foot deep.
A Wellstone for the ages.
That pretty much says it all.
Pretty hard not to think any other way.
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