Good perspective Mark. And here's the larger concern I have about our misguided foreign policy. We had no problem sending hundreds of thousands of troops to defend a tiny, desolate, kingdom (literally) and spending hundreds of billions of dollars to defend Kuwait. Not a NATO member state. Not a democracy. Simply a repository of black gold where BIG OIL had substantial interests. I could argue for or against that decision. Fast forward 30 years, and we have lost our way. If there was one war to fight aggressively, this is it. We are showing our weakness by implementing useless sanctions, and demonstrating we care more about our economic well-being than long-term geopolitical reality. The West needs to sacrifice, and take a stand. If Ukraine wants to move to the West, and join NATO, we should support that move. If that means a conflict with Russia, so be it. Let's get it over with - because its going to happen at some point. The sooner the better.
This one scares me because there are so many consequences to what Putin is doing right now, and as much as I like to believe he’s just a crazed dictator, I just can’t help but fear he instead has something very bad up his sleeve. And I’m really hoping this rude awakening brings national politics down a few notches. We really need solidarity here and abroad to weather what’s ahead.
Good perspective Mark. And here's the larger concern I have about our misguided foreign policy. We had no problem sending hundreds of thousands of troops to defend a tiny, desolate, kingdom (literally) and spending hundreds of billions of dollars to defend Kuwait. Not a NATO member state. Not a democracy. Simply a repository of black gold where BIG OIL had substantial interests. I could argue for or against that decision. Fast forward 30 years, and we have lost our way. If there was one war to fight aggressively, this is it. We are showing our weakness by implementing useless sanctions, and demonstrating we care more about our economic well-being than long-term geopolitical reality. The West needs to sacrifice, and take a stand. If Ukraine wants to move to the West, and join NATO, we should support that move. If that means a conflict with Russia, so be it. Let's get it over with - because its going to happen at some point. The sooner the better.
This one scares me because there are so many consequences to what Putin is doing right now, and as much as I like to believe he’s just a crazed dictator, I just can’t help but fear he instead has something very bad up his sleeve. And I’m really hoping this rude awakening brings national politics down a few notches. We really need solidarity here and abroad to weather what’s ahead.