An American tourist in Russia
The USA has a long track record of promoting chaos and instability around the world. This violence can provoke regime change, like the 2014 Maidan uprising in Ukraine, or can put other world powers into a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation, forced to choose between allowing riots to burn down whole cities, or using deadly force to stop them.
The US Senate Defense Committee has dropped a provision requiring women to register for the draft. Women’s roles in war is a debate that every nation has to have. But like almost everything else in American culture, the debate is toxic and ugly. There are both logical and emotional reasons for not extending the draft to women, so it is not surprising that the idea has once again been dropped. However, the debate isn’t a polite one, it’s very nasty. This blog post by “Dalrock” is making the rounds on social media again. Here’s his argument against the Fantasy of Drafting Women.
this day 80 years ago, Imperial Japan dealt the US Navy a devastating defeat at Pearl Harbor. Four days later, Hitler declared war on the USA as well. This is widely considered his “most puzzling” decision in the war, but he had clear motivations. Our perception of Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany says a lot about us.
