Is Ukraine the flavor of the month?
I totally disapprove of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But is Ukraine so wonderful? I hear their government is corrupt and it's not such an amazing place. Do we want to throw the full weight of the United States unreservedly behind this country, the name of which seems to shift from Ukraine to the Ukraine? Their main characteristic seems to be their determination to fight off the Russian invasion. I admire them for their courage in standing up to the bully Putin but I can't understand the enthusiasm of every political faction in the US, most of whom loathe each other. Everyone is up to their eyeballs in Ukrainian flags and sunflowers.
When Israel was attacked by forces larger than they, I don't recall everyone cheering them on. I think Israel is much more worthy of admiration than Ukraine. But that's just me.
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Some pertinent thoughts on the matter
https://streetwiseprofessor.com/putin-in-zugzwang/
It is hard to find the "good guy" in this fight, but in case you don't remember, Joe Biden is up to his eyeballs in graft in Ukraine. We'll get dragged into this quagmire by a total foreign policy incompetent that is tangled up in a love knot with Ukraine.
Biden has no choice here, if he doesn't back Ukraine, they'll release the evidence of his corruption, if Biden doesn't back Russia, they'll cut off the oil spigot that he requires because of his energy policy failures.
Make no mistake, even though Biden said today that he was not bringing any more Russian oil into the US, he was lying.
(All that said, everyone knows that Joe Biden is not in charge of anything.)
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