The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

The Ukraine war seems like a throwback to the brutal battles of World War I, where advances in the lethality of weaponry weren't matched by advances in tactics to avoid massive casualties without concomitant gains. But it is also clear that Russia's advantage in men and arms is slowly grinding Ukraine down. It is a messy, deadly, horrible win (called: War), so the Western world, with its post-modern fear of death, is shocked...SHOCKED...that people die in battle!

Why shouldn't Putin continue to prosecute this war? He is winning, the Russian people seem to be modestly in support of it, the Western sanctions, while painful, are not terribly destructive, and the war is exposing the deep divisions within the West with regard to NATO and its proper function.

Never mind the drumbeats for war in Europe's capitols... they are waiting for their 20th century savior....Pax Americana... to save the day! Their martial spirit is a facade, and until they rebuild their militaries there isn't much they can do about Ukraine! Even President Trump bought into that nonsense, although luckily he wasn't pushing for American troops on the ground.

Before I even arrive at the Oval Office shortly after I win the presidency, I will have the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine settled. Somebody said, are you on Russia's side? Are you on Ukraine's side? You know what? The side -- I want people to stop dying.

Trump says he's 'not happy' with Putin after massive Ukraine strike

"I'm not happy with what Putin is doing," Trump explained. "He's killing a lot of people, and I don't know what the hell happened to Putin."

"I've known him a long time, always gotten along with him, but he's sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don't like it at all," he added.

And President Trump's arrogance that just because he called for negotiations and an end to the war means that everyone involved should stop fighting while negotiations proceed is backed up by rhetoric, and nothing substantive. Will President Trump send troops? I doubt it. Will President Trump rearm Ukraine? I doubt it. He is relying on his force of will and his vaunted ability to find common cause between two sides. Sure, that works in real estate, and hell, it works in a lot of other situations. But not in all things.

Luckily, the pint-sized putz from Ukraine is overstepping ... again ... and demanding more.

In a post on Telegram, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for an international response to the attack.

"The silence of America, the silence of others in the world only encourages Putin," he wrote on Telegram. "Every such terrorist Russian strike is reason enough for new sanctions against Russia."

Thankfully President Trump also has a sensible side:

"This is a War that would never have started if I were President. This is Zelenskyy's, Putin's, and Biden's War, not 'Trump's,' I am only helping to put out the big and ugly fires, that have been started through Gross Incompetence and Hatred," Trump concluded.

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posted by CBD at 11:00 AM

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