As I sit and watch the carnage play out in Ukraine especially now that it appears civilians are clearly being targeted, I cannot help but think that we as Americans have abdicated our moral responsibility on the world stage. We tend to talk a good game but when it comes to taking bold action or risk, we look the other way and don’t want to get our hands dirty.
Yes, Ukraine is not a member of NATO, and we are not contractually bound to protect her by Article Five, but on a personal level if your neighbor’s house was on fire would you risk your safety to save its occupants. I would and hope you would do the same.
Yes, we may risk starting “World War III” by providing a no-fly zone over Ukraine but as the leader of the free world, we are obligated morally to stand up to tyranny and oppression and take the risk. Great leaders and countries assume risk and are decisive — we lately have been neither. Can you imagine Winston Churchill sitting back and letting this unfold? Though I am not a fan of Senator Mitt Romney at least he and the cojones to say, “If they want MIGs send them MIGs.
Putin has already declared that any action to support Ukraine is an act of wa so what do we have to lose? Let’s stop playing his game and stand up to the bully and call his bluff.
When this is over how as a nation can, we ever talk the talk of being the protector of the free world if our current actions demonstrate timidity and intransigence. I continue to hang my head in shame. President Biden’s policy of appeasement led to this conflict and our weakness and the Administration’s continued hand wringing have only exacerbated it.
Now is the time for America’s bold and decisive leadership on the world stage not appeasement and timidity. No one said leadership is easy. There is no security or safety in the appeasement of evil†Ronald Reagan’s words we should live by.
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Total BS. Actually doesn’t even make it to the BS level.
“President Biden’s policy of appeasement led to this conflict and our weakness and the Administration’s continued hand wringing have only exacerbated it.” bullshit………what a lie
Let’s agree to disagree
I’ve read some ignorant posts on BE. but this one ranks way up there.
How does the author equate your neighbor, whose house is on fire to a totalitarian regime, that’s the puppet of the NWO, and is the piggy bank of criminal globalists like the central banks, the Clintons, Bidens, Obamas, Bushes, Soros, et al? Where does this author get his news? Probably, he’s told what to think from the MSM, including the frauds at Fox. The author is just another member of the American Sheeple who’s bought the bill of goods sold by the deep state, and its CEO Klaus Schwab. The author also thinks the Ukraine is a member of the free world. Is he aware of the shutdown of Zelensky’s opposition? Not for nothin’ , the USA is just about there, but I digress.
If this regional conflict continues to be instigated into a wider conflict by the globalists, I suggest that the author, and people like him volunteer their kids and grandkids to enter the conflict, and spare some innocent American soldiers from being killed needlessly, like they normally are.
One more point; the author talks about “moral responsibility.†If he wants to exercise some moral responsibility, instead of penning the above drivel, use that pen to help extricate the January 6th political prisoners. Moreover, he can get his navy pals help imprison the black racist capitol cop who murdered veteran, Ashli Babbit.
Sorry Johnny J let’s just say we agree to disagree and that is O.K.
Yes Sir.
Cheers.
When a nation burns out their troops, their equipment, and their economic freedom to persevere, options for moral responsibility are severely limited. We left our fire trucks dead in the desert, and now there’s an arsonist sitting in the neighbors house with six thousand nukes and an uncontrollable finger. But we should be Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead? Once upon a time we were a two theater military. Our strategic thinkers have been found unable to formulate a single plan that concludes with America winning a single conflict much less full scale war. Soon we could be fighting a four theater war with no replacement capability. “Trust but verify†Reagan also said. Three words no longer spoken about any of our more recent foreign entanglements. So far there have been 20000 foreigners traveling to fight with Ukraine. They could have each been fitted out with their own hummer loaded to the gills with the necessities of war. Instead each one has been entering war with less equipment than a Revolutionary War Minute man, expecting to arm themselves by scrounging the dead. Face the fact, globalist politicians are not interested in this war. They and their media dogs scream “heroes are beating the Russians , we should help“ at the top of their lungs , as their journalistic war maps turn increasingly Red. So go ahead believe, but Americans have seen this movie play out before. Just with different actors. It’s the consequences of burning the war candle from both ends.
Well said, Mr. Poplar.
Thank you, Robert!
Honestly, Ukraine isn’t worth defending. It is a nasty corrupt country. But, “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Russia is still America’s enemy and we had an opportunity (which we have since lost), to seriously bloody their nose and end Russian imperialism. If we took the initiative, we could have prevented WW3 but, engaging now, we most likely will have WW3.
Our Western leaders aren’t perceptive enough to see what Putin is doing. Merkel enabled Putin for years and set Europe up for failure. Obama ignored Russia’s previous invasions. Biden doesn’t know who put on his underwear this morning. And the lot of them are more interested in photo ops and cronyism than actual leadership. We have the worst of the West going up against a Russian renaissance. Ugh.
Hey, Tippy! You going to tell David to sign up first…?? Awfully quiet there…