REPUBLICAN GOP – Think! You will be responsible for American lives lost in Ukraine.

Why? Because you are not thinking Strategically for the future or Tactically for ‘RIGHT NOW!’ (Sorry, this Feb 2024 piece needed updating for a couple of typos, specifically aimed at the GOP.)

Tactically, we (NATO, including America) must help Ukraine stop Russia from advancing further into Ukraine and taking over more territory. As Russia continues pouring in more Conscripts (who do not want to be there), Russia is “ALSO” planting more land mines to

• attempt to stop/slow any Ukraine advances and
• kill any unwary Ukrainian man, woman or child (or NATO ally) who may venture into that tainted area.

If we (NATO) do not provide weapons to the country fighting Russia, it basically screws up the World’s future for MORE large conflicts down the road. Further Russian assaults against other countries. Ukraine is not just fighting this conflict for themselves, it is also for NATO.

DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT TRUMP, he has NO say, thoughts or intelligence (in his rather large head) to engage in ANY conversation or leadership regarding NATO, Ukraine and Russia (or China or N. Korea)… Besides, that non-logical, maniacal, bone-spur excuse coward wants to remove America from NATO – which is MIND-BOGGLING INSANE…!!!

Strategically, this is where you have to think very hard, more than you are used to. We can cut off future Russian advances by supplying the necessary planes, tanks and weapons that Ukraine can make BETTER advances and reclaim parts of their sovereign country that was illegally stolen by the insidious Dictator – Putin.

Republicans, here is where your brain is going to start hurting. Think. If Russia is allowed to take more and more of Ukraine, it will also start serious consideration for advancing into one or more of the smaller NATO countries near Russian borders such as Lithuania.

Note, if (or when) one NATO member is invaded/attacked (by Putin), that means NATO members will respond to protect the assaulted country. And that, Republican GOP, will mean American soldiers, Marines, sailors and Air Force troops will ‘have to’ go into the country that was invaded. The American (and NATO) troops will fight to protect the country in question – and it will ALSO mean that American troops will likely be ‘KILLED in action’ or horrifically maimed for life.

Think about it.

a) Strategically, you could have provided Ukraine with the necessary weapons to stop Russia NOW and into the future, to keep the Russian forces from advancing into any other NATO member country and quite possibly to regain the lost Crimean territory that was stolen, as well have more safety in the Black Sea. For now, Mike Johnson stepped up after seeing the light. And after he sat in on more classified, higher security meetings involving Ukraine & NATO. (Some of us know all too well what kind of information is shared in these kinds of meetings – now Johnson knows as well.)

OR you can forever

b) Live with the permanent memories of how, instead of sitting on your thumbs – YOU “could” have prevented the additional blood shed and lives lost (of Ukrainians and volunteer soldiers from other countries, i.e.: America) if you’d only allowed Ukraine to be supplied with the needed weapons as Ukraine, as a NATO proxy, fought for NATO instead of sending in American troops…

Think about it as you go to sleep, EVERY single night. Having Russia CONTINUING to be a world nuisance with Putin as a continuous Dictator (as you know he will win his upcoming election with, what, 98, 99% of the votes...). But then again, of course you want to continue playing with politics, even though most of your republican party does not know how to be a successful and productive member of the House or Senate. Instead, these individuals want to continue to be an attention getter, a power grabber – basically, ‘me, me, ME….’

Freedom…. or Death…..

Originally posted Aug 30, 2013 at & moved from: http://patrick642.wordpress.com/
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WMD Well, it looks as if more people of the world would rather watch the innocent Syrians continue to be massacred by Al-Assad…. The evidence continues to be clear that there are chemical weapons being used. And I am willing to bet that it is not Syrian rebels using those kinds of chemicals on other Syrians… Two years and 100,000 people killed – and counting…

Yes, America did the wrong thing in hindsight years ago when Iraq used chemical weapons and we did nothing to stop that. But that was then and today, I don’t believe any American in their right mind would condone another country using chemical weapons on their own people.

Hopefully the U.N. inspectors, even after a lengthy and diluting time period, have found some kind of chemical evidence to prove to the U.N. itself and other countries of the world that ‘yes,’ there were chemical weapons used.

Syria’s Friends Syria is a country that has had a dictatorial government, errr sorry, dictatorial leaders for decades. The people of Syria have been dead set on resolving that matter and wanting to elect, democratically, new leadership for the people (if they can avoid the religious divisions that is hurting Egypt’s elections). The Syrian people no longer want to have someone born into power to run the country and the people. And we have Al-Assad, who does not want to give up that absolute power.

As to friends of the Syrian leadership – is it any surprise they are other countries where the people are controlled, and I will say absolutely controlled, by their country’s leadership. a – China A country with no true religious freedom, no democratic freedom (despite what the leaders say because the leadership is still communistic) and no Internet freedoms because the Chinese ‘Net is monitored and censored to only allow what the Chinese government will allow and shut down when that leadership decides to… b – Iran A country where the former leader, Ahmadinejad, stated there are no gays in Iran, no religious freedom, no “true” democratically elected leadership (clerics still run the country) and no Internet freedom because the Iranian ‘Net is monitored and heavily censored AND can be shut down when their government decides to… c – Russia Another country where to be gay is to be illegal…. But where there actually is freedom on the ‘Net – even if that ‘Net is HEAVILY monitored by state/federal police for ANY kind of dissident or deviants… These are the Syrian leaders’ friends – other countries with severe and heavy handed control of the people. Oh, and countries that want to continue selling weapons to enforce controlling their people…

Uniting So then. I am not sure what is going to transpire next, Syrians continue to die while the rest of the world stands by because many of the people of the various countries do not want their government to get them involved. Instead, people of the world are hoping that: 1 – Conversations will solve the problem (two years and counting), 2 – Sanctions will solve the problem (two years and counting), 3 – Diplomacy will solve the problem (two years and 100,000 people killed and counting)…

And if we, the U.S. and other allies (if they do join us) do get involved with U.N. approval for precision (as best possible) strikes, what will be the aftermath? What will Russia and Iran do to help their ‘Friend’ Syria, a country that purchases munitions from them? Will Russia and Iran condone losing their business buddy – even if Al-Assad is killing innocents wantonly? Or are these two countries using nothing but bravado and bluster to say, “Hey, I’m important, you have to listen to me?” Or will one or both of them take some kind of retaliatory action against the U.S. and allies – kinetically (missiles, bombs), via cyberspace (some kind of debilitating virus / worm) or maybe even some kind of chemical weapon against the U.S.

Conclusion What do we do, continue to talk – or worse, let our do nothing congress engage in rabbithole approach to some kind of answer. And yes, congress is supposed to be giving approval for any kind of strike. Maybe our do nothing congress will surprise us…. While I am not a Hawk, I don’t want to turn ‘any’ cheek while people are getting massacred.