Posted on 10/25/2022 9:28:43 AM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
The following is adapted from a talk delivered at Hillsdale College on Oct. 4 during a Center for Constructive Alternatives conference on the topic of Russia.
According to what we hear from the White House and from the television networks, the issues at stake in the Ukraine War are simple.
They concern the evil of Vladimir Putin, who woke up one morning and chose, whether out of sadism or insanity, to wreak unspeakable violence on his neighbors. Putin’s actions are described as an “unprovoked invasion” of a noble democracy by a corrupt autocracy. How we ought to respond is assumed to be a no-brainer. The United States has pledged vast quantities of its deadliest weaponry, along with aid that is likely to run into the hundreds of billions of dollars and has brought large parts of the world economy—particularly in Europe—to a standstill.
Now, whenever people in power tell you something is a no-brainer, there’s a good chance that it’s a brainer. And the Ukraine War is more complicated than we’ve been led to assume.
There are reasons why the United States might want to project power into the Black Sea region. But we must not ignore that the politics of the region are extraordinarily complex, that the Ukraine conflict is full of paradoxes and optical illusions, and that the theater we are entering has been, over the past 150 years, the single most violent corner of the planet. And unless we learn to respect the complexity of the situation, we risk turning it into something more dangerous, both for Europeans and for ourselves.
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
The little sh*t is begging for $38,000,000,000 to cover his deficits. And he’ll get it.
Everyone’s gotta get their cut. Pelosi, Biden, Graham and all the rest.
The reasoning and logic of 75% of freepers...
“They concern the evil of Vladimir Putin, who woke up one morning and chose, whether out of sadism or insanity, to wreak unspeakable violence on his neighbors. Putin’s actions are described as an “unprovoked invasion” of a noble democracy by a corrupt autocracy. How we ought to respond is assumed to be a no-brainer. The United States has pledged vast quantities of its deadliest weaponry, along with aid that is likely to run into the hundreds of billions of dollars...”
“...They concern the evil of Vladimir Putin...”
Nope, no bias at all...
“...of 75% of freepers...”
Got news for you, but the pro-Ukrainian breed is a slowly dying minority.
As things continue to deteriorate economically, etc., the less peeps are giving one iota of a shat about Ukraine as their overall opinion(s) of the war/conflict evolve.
It is Russia versus the European Union.
The US needs to get away from their little squabble as fast as possible.
I might quibble with the term, "little", but your post makes a lot of sense.
We need to remove Putin to make the Ukraine and Russia safe for children to have sex change operations
Unfortunately, most of the Ukrainian war boosters here are incapable of getting past the first couple of paragraphs.
It is actually a pretty even handed piece. He actually talks about the history and appears to understand it.
Considering the lies we usually get, this piece is good.
LOL, I know it’s a bit much to ask Freepers to read an article before commenting. But replies 3, 4 and 5 showed me they couldn’t even finish the paragraph to realize what they are reacting to was sarcasm.
I see..
Thank you.
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