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To: Petrosius
I would agree that the average Ukrainian dogface is a sorry lot, dying for the ills of Obama and Biden.

Cheer them on though, PedoJoe is your CiC , support him proudly, don’t shirk or be shy about it.! Tell you what Mr.Conservative, how about Washington’s Farewell Address, where he specifically cautions against getting dragged down in Euro conflicts?

Lemme, guess, George is outdated, huh? here’s the part where he warns about getting entangled in petty EuroSquabbles

George Washington's Farewell Address (1796)

The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop. Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none; or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns.

Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.

Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people under an efficient government. the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.

Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?

Billions more for PedoJoe’s partners in corruption, Ukraine ! George would probably deny that you are an American,well, the new “breed” , that allows outr own borders to be wide open yet are concerned about European borders. Traitorous is what I call it.

135 posted on 05/06/2024 3:35:08 PM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: OldHarbor

Yes, the world is a different place now than it was in the 18th century and our place in the world is different. Would you have had us stay out of the war in Europe during WWII? Should we have fallen back into isolationism after the war and not oppose a Soviet takeover of Europe? I agree that we should not get involved with every conflict but an aggressive Russia is a threat to peace in Europe, which makes it our concern. Whether you like it or not, our peace and prosperity is dependent on a peaceful Europe. That is the whole point of NATO. And that has been the position of the vast majority of conservatives since WWII. Your isolationism, if not actual support for Russian aggression, is the outlier.


150 posted on 05/06/2024 5:32:32 PM PDT by Petrosius
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