Posted on 04/04/2024 6:21:41 AM PDT by MtnClimber
What are we to conclude about these contradictory wars and American attitudes toward them? The more democratic and defensive the power, the more Americans support it—but only up to a point.
When Russia invaded Ukraine, Americans overwhelmingly supported Ukraine—as they did with Israel after October 7.
No wonder: Ukraine was surprise attacked by Russia, and Israel was by Hamas.
It seemed an easy binary of good versus evil: both the attacked Ukraine and Israel are pro-Western. Both their attackers, anti-Western Russia and Hamas, are not.
Now everything is bifurcating. And the politics of the wars in America reflect incoherence.
Both Ukraine and Israel are portrayed in the media as supposedly bogging down in their counteroffensives.
More pro-Israel Republicans are troubled by Ukraine’s strategy, or lack thereof, in an increasing Somme-like stalemate.
Yet more pro-Ukrainian Democrats are turning away from Israel as it dismantles Gaza in the messy, bloody slog against Hamas. The left claims either Israel cannot or should not defeat Hamas, or at least at the present cost.
So the left pushes Israel to a ceasefire with Hamas.
It blasts Israeli “disproportionate” responses.
It demands that Israel avoid collateral damage.
It pressures it to form a wartime bipartisan government.
It lobbies to cut it off from American resupply.
It is terrified that Israel will expand the war by responding to aggression from Hezbollah and Iran.
Yet on Ukraine, the left oddly pivots to the very opposite agenda.
It believes Ukraine should not be forced to make peace with Russian “fascists.” It must become disproportionate to “win” the war.
President Zelensky deserves a pass, despite cancelling elections while suspending political parties.
America must step up its resupply to Kyiv with more and far deadlier weapons.
Ukraine has a perfect right to hit targets inside Russia.
(Excerpt) Read more at amgreatness.com ...
Agree. The proposal that some may not support UKR here does not mean they have joined and ‘axis of evil.’
It may be the axis of evil of the Democrat Party, the MIC and this Biden Administration, but no the one he’s talking about. Ridiculous assumption and statement.
Not giving a crap about Ukraine doesn’t equal supporting Russia.
It means you are an appeasenik for an aggressor that threatens America.
Duck and Cover
If the left didn't have double standards, they would have no standards at all.
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When I follow the link I get a blank white screen...
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There is something wrong at the American Greatness site. I went there to compare URLs and when I clicked on the article it gave a blank, white page too.
All of the articles at the AG site give a white page right now.
Thanks - thought it might be my computer...
Thanks - thought it might be my computer... It’s still white this morning. Someone needs to email these guys...
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