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I wanted to share this article. According to the author, Putin is about to win in Ukraine. The GOP wants to stop sending aid to Ukraine, and the countries of Europe are starting to waiver in their support as well. Without our help, Ukraine will be overwhelmed. Russia will win the war of attrition.

This is really bad news. The entire West was united against Russia. We send hundreds of billions of dollars worth of supplies and equipment to Ukraine. We did everything we could to help them, but it still wasn't enough.

The dictators of the world are going to be emboldened. Xi has his sights set on Taiwan. And, after seeing Russia defy the whole of NATO and win, he probably feels like he can take it.

https://news.yahoo.com/putin-russia-closing-devastating-victory-170326959.html

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I've heard that the Ukrainian army is collapsing. The GOP insisted that we stop sending aid to them, and now they are running out of ammunition and supplies. They can't fight the Russians anymore. They can't mount any sort of defense.

Those idiots may have condemned a country of 40 million people to tyranny and oppression.

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Trump's domestic policies may be horrifying, but his foreign policy may be even worse. He seems to think that NATO is an outdated and obsolete organization. He is alienating our allies in Europe.

The world is becoming a much more dangerous place. Sooner or later, we're going to have a conflict with China. We are going to need our allies, but they may no longer want to help us.

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NATO was like a bullet-proof vest. If anyone attacked America, then all of our allies would come to our defense. The entire continent of Europe - with over 500 million people - would be on our side.

Without NATO, our influence over the world would be greatly diminished, and we would lot more vulnerable.

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You know, it seems to me that dictatorships are much better at fighting wars than democracies. People really don't like war - especially if there is conscription. If they have any choice in the matter, they will vote against it. Democracies can't go to war unless it's absolutely necessary.

As an example, take a look at the GOP. The Republicans have been complaining about the war in Ukraine since day one. They weren't being asked to fight. They weren't suffering in any way. All they had to do was send weapons and supplies to the Ukrainians. And they still made a big fuss about it.

Dictatorships don't have to worry about this problem. They can go to war whenever they like, and they can drag it out as long as necessary. Their people may hate it. They may think the war is stupid and pointless. However, they have no say in the governing process, so it doesn't matter.

I think it's a very interesting difference.

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Here's an interesting question to think about: Should the United States continue its long-standing interventionist foreign policy, or is it time for a more isolationist approach?

We've spent trillions and trillions of dollars on foreign wars, and we have a giant bullseye on our chest. A lot of people really don't like us. Furthermore, we're up to our eyeballs in debt. I don't think we can keep doing this forever.

If we do adopt an isolationist approach, we will probably save a lot of money. We might even have a balanced budget for the first time in decades. However, it will probably have some very serious consequences that we can't even predict.

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Oct 31, 2023·edited Oct 31, 2023

I believe Putin likes to portray himself as the protector of traditional values. Western culture has been corrupted by progressives, feminists, and the LGBTQ movement. They've succumbed to hedonism and deviancy. Only Putin can put things right!

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His crony Lukashenko seems to agree. He said that Europe is in desperate need of a "moral cleansing".

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