Right Again, Unfortunately, On Russia

American Conservative ^ | 2/24/2022 | Bradley Devlin

[whyilovetexas111]

As Russia began its drive into Ukraine on several fronts overnight, neoconservatives and right-liberals tried to lay the blame for the invasion at the feet of American nationalists and paleoconservatives. They’ve labeled restrainers Russian stooges, or variations of the term, and preemptively impugned them for what some already describe in terms of an impending Holocaust. Their deep well of historical analogies never ceases to impress.

While the hawks would like you to believe that recent developme

[ifinnegan]

Blah blah blah.

These bozos love to pontificate on how brilliant they are.

[Steve_Seattle]

We need to remind these people that Biden is president, and that any failures in our Russia policy are Biden’s failures, not Trump’s.

[logi_cal869]

https://nitter.net/ThePr0diga1S0n/status/1485729483151880194#m

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4&t=377s

[jarwulf]

For better or worse we’re trapped in the geopolitical chess game. If you sit it out while your opponents carve up the world without you eventually in this connected world the game will come to your doorstep sooner or later.

[Vaden]

Both the neocons and neoliberals were wrong.

They both either wasted resources or allowed them to decay. Now that we have very real enemies we are weaker than we should be. We are being attacked from within and without.

[bigbob]

Biden correctly predicted the invasion so I guess he gets credit for that.

[Mariner]

An enlightening article for all.

[Rockingham]

Quite so. As the old saying goes, you may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you. What many Americans do not wish to recognize or contemplate, we enjoy a soft, easy life because of past military victories and our readiness to lay waste to those who attempt to harm us.