Very good post and I appreciated the viewpoint. So many people are too easily manipulated.
Thanks, I was not getting a friendly response for posting the same thing a few days ago. You would not believe the pushback that I was getting, mostly people accusing me of being an enemy and working for Putin. My own elderly father and I got into a bitter argument after he got all worked up listening to talk radio. But, I am no genius on foreign policy.
The first thing that I did when events in Ukrainian stole all the headlines was call up a very close friend who had top secret clearance when he worked in an intelligence agency and now runs his own export/import brokerage. He is always on top of any foreign policy news and always has a unique perspective for me. He told me down to the letter what was going on. It has been no secret among those he still associates with. It makes one wonder why people in top leadership positions on our side of the aisle can be so easily manipulated.