Putin has threatened for many weeks now, to invade Ukraine. Think about it. Was Vietnam any of America’s business? Was Korea any of our business? Every time I see a Vietnam vet, I always ask him, “Did you ever find out why we were there?” The answer is always, “NO.” North Korea still exists, and Vietnam is communist. We lost well over 110,000 dead in those two pointless wars, plus millions injured, and millions of our opponents dead and injured. For what? Our dollar’s value lost about 50% of its purchasing power, because of those two wars, and the national debt at least doubled because of them. Going to another war almost 6,000 miles away? I vote a big NO.
If Russia attacks Ukraine, it would obviously be a violation of International Law, violate national sovereignty, and kill and injure maybe a million. Putin, obviously would love to have the U.S. engage in another foreign war, as it would bankrupt us, while his troops and war material merely have to cross a border. Moronic Biden seems to want a war, as he keeps saying, ‘they’re going to attack,’ over and over again, as if he wants war to happen. I have an idea. Try it on for size. A wire to Putin, after Congress agrees, might sound like this:
“ Mr. PUTIN: IF YOU INVADE UKRAINE, THE NON-COMMUNIST WORLD AND THE U.S. WILL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO PUNISH YOU ECONOMICALLY. WE WILL INVADE CUBA, WHICH IS BUT NINETY MILES FROM US, AND STRAIGHTEN THAT PLACE OUT QUICKLY. CUBANS WILL LOVE FREEDOM, CAPITALISM, FREE TRADE AND TRAVEL BETWEEN AMERICA AND CUBA. CUBA HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY SOCIALISM AND DICTATORSHIPs UNDER THE CASTRO BROTHERS, AND THEIR SUCCESSORS. RUSSIA INVADES AND DESTRIOYS UKRAINE? AMERICA INVADES CUBA AND FREES IT. YOU DECIDE MR. PUTIN. WHILE AMERICA MADE HUGE MISTAKES IN GETTING INVOLVED IN WARS TEN THOUSAND OF MILES FROM US, WE WON’T DO THAT AGAIN. IF YOU INVADE UKRAINE, EUROPE CAN DO AS THEY CHOOSE, AS THEY ARE CLOSE. WE’RE NOT. AMERICA IS 6,000 MILES FROM UKRAINE, AND WE WON’T MAKE ANOTHER LONG-DISTANCE MISTAKE AGAIN. CUBA WILL WELCOME US. UKRAINE AND MANY OTHER NATIONS WILL DESPISE YOU IF YOU INVADE.” Signed: “America.”
For decades, Cuba has suffered from poverty, misery, and all that a socialistic dictatorship can muster out on defenseless citizens. If Russia can send troops across a border to destroy a nation, we can go 90 miles to free an enslaved nation. Think of a poorly built building, collapsing into rubble. The Soviets barely held on until December 1991, when like that building, it collapsed into rubble. Putin thinks he can restore the Soviet Socialist Republics, which is as stupid as trying to rebuild a building reduced to rubble, which wasn’t any good when it was built. Socialism, communism, and all that goes with it, cannot long endure. (If Russia invades Belarus, maybe Venezuela can use us to free them also!) America didn’t start this, maybe it can be thwarted by the above. don@coloradogold.com