They have not suddenly become crazy, they are and have always been crazy.
Had we taken them out after Germany during WWII, all this would have been avoided, but a some point, in perhaps the near future, we will need to take care of long delayed business.
Diplomacy is only a means to exploit for them, and it's about time that we, and the rest of the West accept it, and deal with it.
N. Korea and Iran all already agitating in support, and very soon you will see the players emerge on the field.
Had we taken them out after Germany during WWII, all this would have been avoided, but a some point, in perhaps the near future, we will need to take care of long delayed business.
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So correct. Gen. Patton wanted to keep marching into the USSR and get rid of the “commie bastards”. He should have been Commanding General of the ETO.