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An Unserious People Confront a Serious Man
Townhall.com ^ | February 25, 2022 | Erick Erickson

Posted on 02/25/2022 8:19:50 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 02/25/2022 8:19:50 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

He’s the only adult in the room.


2 posted on 02/25/2022 8:20:58 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong [FJB])
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To: rbmillerjr

calling all neo cons.


3 posted on 02/25/2022 8:21:19 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Kaslin

Under former President Barack 0bama, the United States got rid of its Two War Doctrine.
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Obama was born a Kenyan national and a British subject wherever he was born.
He came back from Indonesia an Indonesian citizen.
He is not a natural born citizen.

Not upholding the Constitution has had grave consequences.


4 posted on 02/25/2022 8:23:47 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So how do we define the geopolitically stable boundary between his world and our world and keep the peace between us? I am guessing keeping what is ours and coveting and horning in on what is his is not going to continue to be the winning strategy here.


5 posted on 02/25/2022 8:23:53 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Kaslin

Very rational article. I’ll need to finish it later. Putin is very smart.

Not a Putin fan myself, I only wish for a president who loves our country as much as Putin loves his. ~Bitwielder
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3992415/posts?page=369#369


6 posted on 02/25/2022 8:26:19 AM PST by Kevmo (I’m immune from Covid since I don’t watch TV.🤗)
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all while loudly saying he wanted to upend NATO and restore Russia's sphere of influence

I remember that Condi Rice famously declared that we didn't recognize "spheres of influence" any more, which is kind of how we got where we are. It's kind of a law of physics. When something is 5,000 landlocked miles from you, and on his border it is his sphere of influence not yours. What he does with it is another thing, and you can try to contest it, but....

7 posted on 02/25/2022 8:26:51 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Kaslin

The only thing slowing Putin down is his laughing fits...


8 posted on 02/25/2022 8:29:04 AM PST by wny ( )
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To: AndyJackson

“calling all neo cons.”

Neo-Con is the new “racist”.

I’m a 3 pillar Reagan conservative: Economics, Social, National Security...Peace through Strength.

LiberalTarians are far weaker than Joe Biden and the Dems. Conservatism is the foundation and rock of the Conservative movement. Liberaltarianism is the Isolationism and Appeasement of Neville Chamberlain.


9 posted on 02/25/2022 8:31:23 AM PST by rbmillerjr (Defeating China is impossible without understanding that Russia is our enemy)
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To: Kaslin

Why did you make multiple editorial changes to Erickson’s article?


10 posted on 02/25/2022 8:36:48 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Kaslin
The Russian economy in total is roughly that of the state of Texas. They are unable to sustain any prolonged occupation of Ukraine if Ukraine had a resistance to that occupation. Now if Russia is able to quickly absorb and annex Ukraine, then he grows his economy and GDP.

To defeat Putin this must drag on and empty his Treasury. The Afghanistan strategy.

11 posted on 02/25/2022 8:37:37 AM PST by blackdog (# We Are Corn-Pop, turn off the news.)
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To: rbmillerjr
"Neo-Con is the new “racist”."

Having seen many of your comments all that I can say is "STFU you neo-con, NWO, sludge-monkey."

12 posted on 02/25/2022 8:38:34 AM PST by WMarshal ("No war for communism")
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To: Kaslin

Erick Erickson is hardly the person to listen to. His posting of the facts, however on the two front war being dropped and obamaumao’s actions are ALL too true, as is the GWB Condi Rice— perpetual war in Iraq, and Afghanistan— are all true and distracting to what came and tried and did remove the mil-industrial complex and the libs actions on US Energy Independence.

Donald Trump shut it all down in 4 years and now obamaumao is back through the senile dementiaed obamaumao puppet on the take— JoeBama.


13 posted on 02/25/2022 8:45:10 AM PST by John S Mosby ( Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: WMarshal

Having seen many of your comments all that I can say is “STFU you neo-con, NWO, sludge-monkey.”
***Having seen some of YOURs, and with myself as a paleocon whom you called a neocon, it’s time to tell YOU to get lost, Appeasement Putinist troll.


14 posted on 02/25/2022 8:45:38 AM PST by Kevmo (I’m immune from Covid since I don’t watch TV.🤗)
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To: AndyJackson
So how do we define the geopolitically stable boundary between his world and our world and keep the peace between us?

What we know for certain is that Ukraine has been the stomping ground of conquering armies for 3000 years or longer. For the last 1000 years it has been taken over by Poles, Turks, Russians etc., most recently Russians.

Ukraine is considered neither European nor Asian. It's always been stuck in the middle belonging to no one. Other slavic countries were always considered separate, but definitely under the influence of Russia.

15 posted on 02/25/2022 8:46:12 AM PST by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

January 20th, 2009 = Usurpation Day


16 posted on 02/25/2022 8:55:46 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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To: Kaslin

i do not believe that the ukrainian move by Putin, was a whim over his morning cup of samovar tea. i believe he has been working a multi-year plan of readiness, a truck here, a truck there, move a unit of men this month, some next month. throw an exerciise here or there, for those eyes to see and guess.

and with “his eyes”, to see a response, by article, radio, tv, or video.


17 posted on 02/25/2022 9:22:47 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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Normally, Erick Erickson is a boor and a bore.

This is a pretty good column.

18 posted on 02/25/2022 9:25:30 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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Fat Boy Erick

STFU


19 posted on 02/25/2022 9:36:49 AM PST by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: rbmillerjr

Some of us Paleocons never left, and are still around.


20 posted on 02/25/2022 10:03:13 AM PST by Oberon (John 12:5-6)
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