Negotiations

[ndrosen]

Trump, a ludicrously inept negotiator, says that he will negotiate with Putin over Ukraine. I do not know how bad things will be, but I am not optimistic. Trump’s slogan is “Make America Great Again,” but his actions make America an unreliable ally, and therefore, aside from other evils, weaken its international position; meanwhile, the growing national debt works to erode the country’s capacity to afford military strength, lower taxes, or government spending on anything other than interest payments. We have descended from the days when President Kennedy proclaimed our determination to pay any price and bear any burden.

Trump’s re-election demonstrates that a very substantial part of the electorate consists of fascists not loyal to the Constitution, and of low-information voters bamboozled by the fascists. The longest-lived democratic republic in history is doing its part to make corrupt authoritarianism appear to be the wave of the future.

Let us admire the heroism which the Ukrainians have displayed in defense of their country, and resolve to imitate it.

Comments

[thewayne]

Putin could not have engineered a better, lower-cost (to him), destruction of the USA than what the orange doofus is doing right now. Fortunately Ukraine is doing a great job of fighting back, and the rest of NATO is also stepping up their game if Putin steps one inch over the line. But Ukraine is exhausted.

I read a couple stories of hope this morning. One is that Ukraine found a way to take out turtle tanks: thermite drones. The FPV drones haven't been enough because of the layering of armor, but thermite will burn right through them. The other is that a Ukrainian saboteur snuck within close range of Moscow and destroyed two new and very special anti-drone radar/defense trucks. Basically snuck up to them, planted explosives, and bye-bye. I'm guessing this is preparatory to actually launching attacks on Moscow itself, which is so well-deserved. They've destroyed/damaged/taken out of action over 10% of Russia's oil production capacity, particularly in the W/SW, and now have an operational range of 800+ miles on certain drones.

They're doing good, but they're exhausted.

[ndrosen]

Slava Ukraini, heroiam slava!