@Mark Wauck and others. Could you recommend a biography of Putin and a basic history of Russia . I am learning so much here and other substacks but would like some books as well. Thank you so much
Thank you. I have to re-read not just Orwell, but also Lewis Carroll. Humpty Dumpty is running the show. One point I would make is that "though there seems little doubt that American public life seems to shift from one hysteria to the next" privately people are turning off. If Saudi Arabia is a pariah, at least they have a government. Just now another 1.5 trillion with zero consideration as to what it does to the dollar and virtually nothing in it for us citizens and our government expects loyalty? They are afraid of dissent? They will get disdain.
As I suspected both of the Senators from Texas signed on to the pro WW3 letter, what a pair of completely despicable idiots! I would advise Poland to keep their Mig-29 fleet, formidable aircraft that can operate from austere airfields, unlike Lockheed's expensive product.
What a nice followup and summation of your recent posts! As painful as it is, shining a light on all of this is so urgently needed. People need to understand that this is a war not only on Russia but on OUR civilization. We are only now grasping the scope of the greed and rapacious plunder and corruption; the geo-political, financial, and economic structures behind such; and the nature of our true enemies. That is a necessary step in trying to stop it. Thanks very much for helping lay the groundwork for this understanding.
"pay the price and make them, in fact, the pariah that they are. There's very little social redeeming value in the present government in Saudi Arabia."
And this plays into the notion that alliances and global power rest upon fragile perceptions of winning. A kind of preference cascade. Should the day come (and we are drawing ever nearer) when the US is viewed as a Loser or Losing, there will be a mad rush for the exits by every "ally" we ever had. And unlike Russia and China, we simply don't make much of anything that the rest of the world needs. And what few things we do produce are being bankrupted by the DC gangsters. I suspect we're going to wake up one day to read and hear the unanimous opinion that the US is the pariah state and the Russians and CCP are the good guys. The rules will change against us.
Great piece, thanks.
I have asked for:
Secession of Cape from the rest of South Africa
Secession of California and Texas from the rest of America
Removal of the USD as international currency.
It seems that at least one of my dreams can come true in my lifetime.
@Mark Wauck and others. Could you recommend a biography of Putin and a basic history of Russia . I am learning so much here and other substacks but would like some books as well. Thank you so much
Thank you. I have to re-read not just Orwell, but also Lewis Carroll. Humpty Dumpty is running the show. One point I would make is that "though there seems little doubt that American public life seems to shift from one hysteria to the next" privately people are turning off. If Saudi Arabia is a pariah, at least they have a government. Just now another 1.5 trillion with zero consideration as to what it does to the dollar and virtually nothing in it for us citizens and our government expects loyalty? They are afraid of dissent? They will get disdain.
As I suspected both of the Senators from Texas signed on to the pro WW3 letter, what a pair of completely despicable idiots! I would advise Poland to keep their Mig-29 fleet, formidable aircraft that can operate from austere airfields, unlike Lockheed's expensive product.
Not surprised with Coryn but Cruz should know better.
Corny also voted for the $1+ trillion of excessive federal spending.
What a nice followup and summation of your recent posts! As painful as it is, shining a light on all of this is so urgently needed. People need to understand that this is a war not only on Russia but on OUR civilization. We are only now grasping the scope of the greed and rapacious plunder and corruption; the geo-political, financial, and economic structures behind such; and the nature of our true enemies. That is a necessary step in trying to stop it. Thanks very much for helping lay the groundwork for this understanding.
Joe Biden:
"pay the price and make them, in fact, the pariah that they are. There's very little social redeeming value in the present government in Saudi Arabia."
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/03/07/nbcs_peter_alexander_does_president_biden_still_think_the_government_of_saudi_arabia_should_be_a_pariah.amp.html
Yep, read about this a couple days ago. How many pariah states can Biden designate before WE become the pariah state?
And this plays into the notion that alliances and global power rest upon fragile perceptions of winning. A kind of preference cascade. Should the day come (and we are drawing ever nearer) when the US is viewed as a Loser or Losing, there will be a mad rush for the exits by every "ally" we ever had. And unlike Russia and China, we simply don't make much of anything that the rest of the world needs. And what few things we do produce are being bankrupted by the DC gangsters. I suspect we're going to wake up one day to read and hear the unanimous opinion that the US is the pariah state and the Russians and CCP are the good guys. The rules will change against us.