I have been shocked over the last decade or so to realize there is a group on our Left as pro Putin as the group on the Right. Wish they’d all move to Russia as much as they love him
Not to be nit picky Allen, but I don’t see them as anti “Empire”. Difficult to be pro Putin and anti Empire, as we watch him kill so many trying to gobble up more and more land. It’s so despicable, to support such beasts. I so wish there was an international peace keeping force that could just lock up murdering monsters. What will it take for people to stop just handing them power?
Bill Blum writes a post called the Anti-Empire Report. The only Empire he opposes is American. He has only good things to say about China and Russia. That seems to be the attitude of others who criticize America so I lumped them all together.
NATO is a deterrent force but not necessarily a peacekeeping force. If Russia did not have a veto in the UN then perhaps there could have been one in Donbas since 2014 and that may have prevented this war.
Seems like it shouldn’t be that hard to come up with some basic rules that are enforceable around human rights that could strip a country of their veto power. Hopefully we can figure it out going forward
I believe we could have totally avoided this war with diplomacy instead of poking the bear. The only people that benefit from this mess is the weapon manufacturers.
Thankfully there are still enough people who are scholars of history and psychology, especially “strongmen” to understand that diplomacy cannot work with a bully like Putin. I’m grateful to all the folks who voted the smart people into power in 2020. May we continue to give power to those who care enough to make the effort to understand. 🙏
Well, I for one, am sure as hell glad America is involved in that "proxy" war in Ukraine. You would have thrown us under the bus?
I have been shocked over the last decade or so to realize there is a group on our Left as pro Putin as the group on the Right. Wish they’d all move to Russia as much as they love him
They are anti the American Empire but Russia and China are OK
Not to be nit picky Allen, but I don’t see them as anti “Empire”. Difficult to be pro Putin and anti Empire, as we watch him kill so many trying to gobble up more and more land. It’s so despicable, to support such beasts. I so wish there was an international peace keeping force that could just lock up murdering monsters. What will it take for people to stop just handing them power?
Bill Blum writes a post called the Anti-Empire Report. The only Empire he opposes is American. He has only good things to say about China and Russia. That seems to be the attitude of others who criticize America so I lumped them all together.
NATO is a deterrent force but not necessarily a peacekeeping force. If Russia did not have a veto in the UN then perhaps there could have been one in Donbas since 2014 and that may have prevented this war.
Seems like it shouldn’t be that hard to come up with some basic rules that are enforceable around human rights that could strip a country of their veto power. Hopefully we can figure it out going forward
I believe we could have totally avoided this war with diplomacy instead of poking the bear. The only people that benefit from this mess is the weapon manufacturers.
Thankfully there are still enough people who are scholars of history and psychology, especially “strongmen” to understand that diplomacy cannot work with a bully like Putin. I’m grateful to all the folks who voted the smart people into power in 2020. May we continue to give power to those who care enough to make the effort to understand. 🙏
You know nothing of Eastern Europe nor Russia.
Rudeness is unnecessary Mr. Hingston.
Nora, he’s stating a fact. If the truth hurts maybe you shouldn’t be trolling in the comments.
So is stupidity