By Christopher Harper
Americans may disagree on many things, but it’s clear they take the war in Ukraine seriously.
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows an overwhelming majority of Americans (74%) support establishing a no-fly zone over Ukraine, banning U.S. imports of Russian oil (80%), and imposing further penalties on the Russian economy (81%).
It’s time for Brandon to realize he’s leading from behind. Again.
The Russian invasion poses a significant threat to various countries, including Poland, a NATO member and key American ally.
If Russia had invaded Ukraine 20 years ago, there is little question that the United States would be helping as much as possible. But the disasters in Afghanistan and Iraq have made U.S. leaders reluctant to engage in the world.
It feels a lot like America in the late 1970s and early 1980s after Vietnam when the United States was reluctant to engage in world affairs. America was tentative and fearful; Ronald Reagan changed that.
Although I support Donald Trump and DaTechGuy on most issues, I think they’re wrong about keeping out of this battle. I firmly believe that despite the troubles Putin and his military have faced in Ukraine, they’re likely to keep pushing their weight around in other places, such as the Baltic States.
Here’s what I think we should do:
–Remind Americans that the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances of 1994 pledged that the United States, Russia, and others not to invade Ukraine, in exchange for that country giving up its vast nuclear arsenal. Putin has violated that promise. While America did not commit to defending Ukraine, the United States is morally obligated to do so.
–Impose sanctions on Russia’s oil and gas industry. Even though oil exports have dropped because of nervous shippers and insurers, Putin is still getting the product through to European and U.S. consumers. This move would likely push up gasoline and heating prices, but it will also have Brandon and his minions reconsider the need for American energy independence. [Update: Brandon imposed sanctions. Now he needs to open up U.S. drilling].
–Help to create a no-fly zone with NATO over Ukraine to allow an acceleration of weapons deliveries and humanitarian supplies. Some analysts and government leaders are concerned that such a move would result in battles with Russian aircraft. That is certainly a possibility, but Russians have steered clear of Western fighter jets in places like the former Yugoslavia and Iraq.
Audentes fortuna iuvat. Fortune favors the bold.
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Since the invasions by both Napoleon and the Nazis the Russian military has developed a strategic defense doctrine known as defense in-depth. Attempts by NATO to have the Ukraine join the Western alliance against Russia, this hostile policy has directly threatened that Russian strategic military doctrine. This Russian military doctrine, it directly compares to the early US Foreign Policy known as “the Monroe Doctrine”.
“Since the invasions by both Napoleon and the Nazis the Russian military has developed a strategic defense doctrine known as defense in-depth. Attempts by NATO to have the Ukraine join the Western alliance against Russia, this hostile policy has directly threatened that Russian strategic military doctrine. This Russian military doctrine, it directly compares to the early US Foreign Policy known as “the Monroe Doctrine.”
Russian Strategic Interests, the decision to invade the Ukraine.
How does Russia view the Ukraine? The trauma of WWII, it not only impacts Jews and Israelis living today, especially after the 1960 Eichmann trial. Only 2 armies fought a head to head war in Europe between 1941 to 1944. The Nazi invasion of Russia, the Angel of Death devoured some 27 million casualties.
Napoleon said: “An Army marches on its stomach”. This pithy comprehension of War, it understands that an Army cut off from its supply lines, like as happened to the Nazi 6th Army at Stalingrad, that Army – immediately confronted by disgrace, surrender, and defeat.
Russia has survived two major invasions by Western powerhouse States: first Napoleon followed by Hitler. In both Russian victories, the long supply lines of the invading Armies proved itself as the “Achilles’ heel” for both invaders. Should the Ukraine join NATO, another Western powerhouse Army sits right on the borders of Mother Russia. Poland has already joined the NATO Alliance.
So we have a moral obligation to defend Ukraine? Like the moral obligation we had to defend Vietnam and Afghanistan? Like the moral obligation we had to depose Saddam Hussein and Moammar Gaddafi? I have grown very tired of the idea that the USA has an obligation to fix the rest of the world with the blood of our sons and daughters, and the wealth of our nation.
Discretion is the better part of valor. Sorry I don’t have the Latin translation of that.