An American tourist in Russia
Republicans have, once again, preemptively surrendered. Spending for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan all went through this weekend, as well as approval for more Iran sanctions and the “TikTok ban.” In return, Republicans got nothing at all. Not a dime went to sealing our own border. In exchange for selling out his own voters, the speaker … Read more
Yesterday I met with Billy, Ben, and Carlo on their show to talk more about the Tucker-Putin interview, which was good as I had more time to reflect since I wrote my previous post on the matter. The main thing is that Tucker commented afterward that this is an interview he’ll be reflecting on for … Read more
The Ukraine war is the single most baffling thing I’ve ever seen in my life, even more baffling than the pandemic. “We have to help Ukraine against Russia” is a reasonable and defensible statement, but virtually every pro-Ukraine person I have encountered is irrational. I could go on at length about how every NATO talking point is absurd, but I’ve already done that many times before. Today I’m going to talk focus specifically on operational risk management.
It’s a tough question that takes some work to frame properly. First off, none of the stated conditions for Ukrainian victory as defined by both Ukraine and their NATO sponsors had any chance of happening. –Restore Ukraine to its 1991 border. There was no chance of this happening, none at all. Ironically, restoring the 2014 border was absolutely … Read more
