Vladimir Putin, the dictator of Russian, who prefers the title of President, apparently has delusions of grandeur. He apparently wants to be a dictator of the world. His plan apparently is to invade smaller nations with the consent of the free world until has conquered every nation. When he tested his plan by annexation of Crimere, the “free nations” stood on the sidelines. This encouraged Putin so he decided to invade Ukraine next. This time Ukraine got a little more help from the free world than Putin expected as military aid came in from the nations of the free world.
In spite of Putin’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine he has his apologists in the left-wing press and among leftist politicians. In their twisted view Putin is not really invading Ukraine, he is just reuniting a part of Russia that was historically part of the Russian Empire. And besides that, Ukraine wanted to become a part of Nato for protection against Russian Invasion. In the view of the twisted left this is a provocation to Putin for Ukraine to dare resist “reunification with Russia” and Putin had a right to order an invasion.
When the free world consented to invasion of Crimere by the Russians it brings to remembrance Great Britain’s Neville Chamberlain who tried to appease Adolf Hitler by letting him invade smaller nearby nations. After all, those people were much like the Germans so they must be Germans. If Hitler could incorporate them into Germany he would be satisfied, and the world would have peace. Soon however, Hitler would be sending airplanes to drop bombs on Great Britain. Crimere also reminds us that the Nation of the Republic of China is claimed by the Communists as part of China. And how does the “free world” including the United States respond. They do not even criticize the Communists for that act of aggression. Their rationale is likely if we criticize the Communists they might invade the Republic of China. Guess what? They have plans, when they think the time is right, to invade the Republic of China. They may have missed their opportunity when they had that Communist Puppet in the White House for four years.
My fears, from reading of likely plans of the Trump Administration, is they will try to cut a deal where Russian can keep the areas of Ukraine they currently occupy if they stop fighting. Then the Russians can regroup and attack another smaller nearby nation or resupply for another attack on Ukraine. Sounds like Biden’s military strategy of retreat and surrender or Chamberlain’s appeasement plan..
We need some tough talk from our leaders. The Ukrainians have been very resourceful in their fight against the Russians using inexpensive drones to inflict heavy damage to the Russians. If we were fighting a war, we would be using expensive missiles that cost millions and might take out one tank. Then we would be looking for a quick way to retreat. The tide may be turning in this war. The Russians have already removed their Navy from one area because of fear of attack. We should be telling Putin if he does not take his troops out of Ukraine, we will be supplying them with thousands of drones to do massive damage to the Russians. We should also tell Putin we will be putting massive economic sanctions in place to cripple the Russian economy if he does not recall his troops immediately. Contact with dissident groups in Russia should also be on the table. I feel confident that dissidents in Russia are looking for a means to rid their country of this evil tyrant.
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