As a friend of mine recently told me after our volleyball games, "I'm not voting for anyone in particular. But I'm voting against an open border that mocks our laws. I'm voting against gender surgery on minors. I'm voting against botched overseas military adventures. I'm voting against censorship. I'm voting against the decay in our cities...".
While I think your article is spot on, I question how many independents and Democrats will read it. I hope that it receives widespread publication and reviews and now that the mainstream media is becoming replaced with non-traditional sources like substack there is a chance.
I don't see how anyone can say Harris won the debate. Evil can't be defended. She has supported the evils of irreversible transgender treatments for minors, abortion, and rampant illegal immigration. She says she supports a Gaza cease-fire and blames Israel for the civilian deaths, when all the deaths and injuries in Gaza and the West Bank are the fault of Hamas. Supporting a cease-fire and giving Palestinians their own state is tantamount to asking Israel to surrender to terrorists. Israel is our best ally in the war against terrorism, and the US should be taking the lead in destroying Iran and its proxies, but in fact Biden and Harris have been sending billions to Iran and de facto supporting Iranian terrorism, despite what Harris said at the debate. She says she supports Ukraine, but in fact she was sent to tell Zelensky that the USA was closing the US Embassy in Kyiv and refusing to give them any military support. The so-called "intelligence" she says she gave them was simply that Russian troops were massing at their border, which Ukraine and the whole world already knew. Biden and Harris have betrayed both Ukraine and Israel, despite any purely verbal protestations to the contrary. Biden and Harris have betrayed the USA.
"Democracy dies in darkness", a likely plagiarized quote repeated in the Washington Post during the Watergate scandal, attests to what we are witnessing in real time during the Biden administration. The lies on the horizon over the last many years have moved onshore and cover our land in lying darkness.
Americans must study our Constitution thoroughly to understand just how dark the blanket of lies are covering our Democracy!!! The "shining city on the hill" is being engulfed in darkness. The citizens must act NOW!!!!!
Kama Kama kameleon is the new name coined by James Morrow on the US report last night. Harris won’t do half of what she said. The only thing she will do for sure is try to enable the killing of more babies. The Ukraine thing is another one. We in the other western countries are tired of these forever unwinnable neocon exercises. Like I kept saying if Americans are fooled by Kama kameleon then it bodes badly for Israel, Ukraine and the rest of us.
Yes, the Democratic party embrace of Darth Cheney's endorsement is remarkable. I mean, what he is famous for... torture, unwarranted surveillance, starting a war on false pretenses... And the new giant 'security' apparatus. I think of him every time I stand in TSA line. Or when I read about Tulsi Gabbard being followed through airports by multiple teams of air marshals. What a drain on economy and impingement on our freedoms.
One cannot ignore the very real danger that a Trump presidency would cause to world security with his deranged policy to force Ukraine to capitulate to Russia, as anything other than a defeat of Putin would lead to Russia succeeding in its land grab and escaping any consequences of its blatant breach of international law. It has waged a terrible war of aggression caused the loss of 100,000s of lives and mass destruction. Anything other than a Putin defeat would embolden Russian nationalists who also, it should not be forgotten, claim Alaska - which is just 53 miles from Russia’s eastern coastline. The Russian Pacific Fleet is composed of 46 warships and 26 submarines (of which 11 are constantly at sea) as well as landing craft, corvettes, etc based in Fokino, Primorsky Krai (formerly Vladivostok). The Eastern Military Command at Khabarovsk includes the 5th army, 35th Army group, the 68th Army Corps, the 83rd Independent Airborne division and associate support groups including the 14th Spetznaz Brigade. Fokino is 450 miles from Japan and 460 miles to South Korea - both key US allies. It is just 400 miles further from Vladivostok to Pearl Harbour than from Tokyo. The US has just 20,000 Airforce, Army, Navy and Marines in Alaska plus 4000 national guard so to suppose there is no threat to the US is wholly unrealistic. But Russia‘s real target after Ukraine is the Baltic States and a further occupation of the Arctic which, of course is also claimed by Canada and the USA, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland (and China is also trying to wriggle its way in). Anything other than a Putin defeat will merely encourage Russian imperialism and whatever the US domestic agenda, support for Ukraine and allowing it to use long range missiles to attack key Russian military targets is essential. Yes, the US has spent billions but most of it has been used to buy domestically produced weapons which has been a great boon for US manufacturing as well as showing the world the superiority of US and NATO weapons over those offered by Russia. And constantly insulting NATO over its less than adequate financial contribution to defence ignores the support given to the US in Iraq and Afghanistan - costing the lives of 636 British military personnel and 1000s of wounded, and that omits the losses taken by other NATO allies - all joining a war initiated by the US in response to the 9/11 attacks.
I agree with your support of Ukraine and that the Baltics are next. But when you say “anything but a defeat of Putin”, exactly how do you define this “defeat”, and what do you think we should be willing to do to accomplish your goal?
As for NATO, Europe’s economy is about the size of ours, but even today after significant increases, the U.S. still pays 68% of NATO costs. Yes, they honored their treaty obligations in Afghanistan, but we’ve had their backs for 50 years, during years where, absent the U.S. military, French kids would all speak fluent Russian. Can you envision Europeans moving their “armies” across the pond to defend the U.S.? No, me neither. It’s a one way agreement. I think we should give them a few years to get to 50-50 on NATO spending.
If American voters read just two articles to help them decide how to vote in this election, I would recommend these two articles. They lay out the two options expertly. Thank you!
As a friend of mine recently told me after our volleyball games, "I'm not voting for anyone in particular. But I'm voting against an open border that mocks our laws. I'm voting against gender surgery on minors. I'm voting against botched overseas military adventures. I'm voting against censorship. I'm voting against the decay in our cities...".
I couldn't have said it better.
While I think your article is spot on, I question how many independents and Democrats will read it. I hope that it receives widespread publication and reviews and now that the mainstream media is becoming replaced with non-traditional sources like substack there is a chance.
I don't see how anyone can say Harris won the debate. Evil can't be defended. She has supported the evils of irreversible transgender treatments for minors, abortion, and rampant illegal immigration. She says she supports a Gaza cease-fire and blames Israel for the civilian deaths, when all the deaths and injuries in Gaza and the West Bank are the fault of Hamas. Supporting a cease-fire and giving Palestinians their own state is tantamount to asking Israel to surrender to terrorists. Israel is our best ally in the war against terrorism, and the US should be taking the lead in destroying Iran and its proxies, but in fact Biden and Harris have been sending billions to Iran and de facto supporting Iranian terrorism, despite what Harris said at the debate. She says she supports Ukraine, but in fact she was sent to tell Zelensky that the USA was closing the US Embassy in Kyiv and refusing to give them any military support. The so-called "intelligence" she says she gave them was simply that Russian troops were massing at their border, which Ukraine and the whole world already knew. Biden and Harris have betrayed both Ukraine and Israel, despite any purely verbal protestations to the contrary. Biden and Harris have betrayed the USA.
A dangerous woman
"Democracy dies in darkness", a likely plagiarized quote repeated in the Washington Post during the Watergate scandal, attests to what we are witnessing in real time during the Biden administration. The lies on the horizon over the last many years have moved onshore and cover our land in lying darkness.
Americans must study our Constitution thoroughly to understand just how dark the blanket of lies are covering our Democracy!!! The "shining city on the hill" is being engulfed in darkness. The citizens must act NOW!!!!!
Kama Kama kameleon is the new name coined by James Morrow on the US report last night. Harris won’t do half of what she said. The only thing she will do for sure is try to enable the killing of more babies. The Ukraine thing is another one. We in the other western countries are tired of these forever unwinnable neocon exercises. Like I kept saying if Americans are fooled by Kama kameleon then it bodes badly for Israel, Ukraine and the rest of us.
Harris was still promoting a two-state solution in Israel. Hamas has rejected that. What kind of reality does she live in?
Yes, the Democratic party embrace of Darth Cheney's endorsement is remarkable. I mean, what he is famous for... torture, unwarranted surveillance, starting a war on false pretenses... And the new giant 'security' apparatus. I think of him every time I stand in TSA line. Or when I read about Tulsi Gabbard being followed through airports by multiple teams of air marshals. What a drain on economy and impingement on our freedoms.
One cannot ignore the very real danger that a Trump presidency would cause to world security with his deranged policy to force Ukraine to capitulate to Russia, as anything other than a defeat of Putin would lead to Russia succeeding in its land grab and escaping any consequences of its blatant breach of international law. It has waged a terrible war of aggression caused the loss of 100,000s of lives and mass destruction. Anything other than a Putin defeat would embolden Russian nationalists who also, it should not be forgotten, claim Alaska - which is just 53 miles from Russia’s eastern coastline. The Russian Pacific Fleet is composed of 46 warships and 26 submarines (of which 11 are constantly at sea) as well as landing craft, corvettes, etc based in Fokino, Primorsky Krai (formerly Vladivostok). The Eastern Military Command at Khabarovsk includes the 5th army, 35th Army group, the 68th Army Corps, the 83rd Independent Airborne division and associate support groups including the 14th Spetznaz Brigade. Fokino is 450 miles from Japan and 460 miles to South Korea - both key US allies. It is just 400 miles further from Vladivostok to Pearl Harbour than from Tokyo. The US has just 20,000 Airforce, Army, Navy and Marines in Alaska plus 4000 national guard so to suppose there is no threat to the US is wholly unrealistic. But Russia‘s real target after Ukraine is the Baltic States and a further occupation of the Arctic which, of course is also claimed by Canada and the USA, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland (and China is also trying to wriggle its way in). Anything other than a Putin defeat will merely encourage Russian imperialism and whatever the US domestic agenda, support for Ukraine and allowing it to use long range missiles to attack key Russian military targets is essential. Yes, the US has spent billions but most of it has been used to buy domestically produced weapons which has been a great boon for US manufacturing as well as showing the world the superiority of US and NATO weapons over those offered by Russia. And constantly insulting NATO over its less than adequate financial contribution to defence ignores the support given to the US in Iraq and Afghanistan - costing the lives of 636 British military personnel and 1000s of wounded, and that omits the losses taken by other NATO allies - all joining a war initiated by the US in response to the 9/11 attacks.
I agree with your support of Ukraine and that the Baltics are next. But when you say “anything but a defeat of Putin”, exactly how do you define this “defeat”, and what do you think we should be willing to do to accomplish your goal?
As for NATO, Europe’s economy is about the size of ours, but even today after significant increases, the U.S. still pays 68% of NATO costs. Yes, they honored their treaty obligations in Afghanistan, but we’ve had their backs for 50 years, during years where, absent the U.S. military, French kids would all speak fluent Russian. Can you envision Europeans moving their “armies” across the pond to defend the U.S.? No, me neither. It’s a one way agreement. I think we should give them a few years to get to 50-50 on NATO spending.
If American voters read just two articles to help them decide how to vote in this election, I would recommend these two articles. They lay out the two options expertly. Thank you!