tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377230810096355163.post4174371939895427998..comments2024-03-16T10:04:18.759-04:00Comments on Nonsensible Shoes: Why America needs to help the UkraineDean Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11066401247207928143noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377230810096355163.post-22415996277632326712022-10-29T10:08:26.328-04:002022-10-29T10:08:26.328-04:00I do not disagree with any of your points. There&...I do not disagree with any of your points. There's a lot to do in the United States, and urgently in a lot of cases. But you cannot live in a vacuum because external pressures will contine to not only exist but fester and grow without being addressed. That said, there are ways the U.S. can help with training, logistics, intelligence that should not be abandon or thrown out with the Dean Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066401247207928143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377230810096355163.post-64214259335726272462022-10-29T10:03:41.048-04:002022-10-29T10:03:41.048-04:00I agree that US treasure has been overspent on for...I agree that US treasure has been overspent on foreign efforts. However, without NATO stepping up financially and militarily, Ukraine cannot do this on it's own. Russia just has too many people it can mindlessly throw into this and still win by attrition. There's no easy fix. Allowing Russia to annex Ukraine would not be the end of Russian expansion and that endangers everyone. Dean Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066401247207928143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377230810096355163.post-72554994762571822362022-10-14T14:49:36.432-04:002022-10-14T14:49:36.432-04:00Russia is a belligerent geopolitical actor so long...Russia is a belligerent geopolitical actor so long as it remains an authoritarian country (communist, fascist, ologarchy or Putin personal feifdom) because leadership can do much to insulate itself from the hardships it causes for its people as a result of imperial wars of terrirorial acquisition or other criminal behaviors (hacking, supporting terror, international sabotage, etc.). <br /><br />Patrick G. Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686530546473218299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377230810096355163.post-89953948667294849602022-10-12T21:12:04.688-04:002022-10-12T21:12:04.688-04:00Let Ukraine make Russia fail. Enough US treasure ...Let Ukraine make Russia fail. Enough US treasure has been spent in useless, petty wars that have accomplished nothing but the enrichment of the America Military Industrial Complex. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com