The World as I See It, March 24, 2024

Your Daily Dose of Leftist Insanity

By Rich Kozlovich

My regular readers know I hold the view America has no skin in the game when it comes to the Russo/Ukrainian War, and it's Europe's problem.  Let them solve it or not.  I'm also stunned at what I consider ridiculous analyses attempting to show the west, especially the United States, pushed Putin into attacking Ukraine because he was afraid of NATO.  How laughable is that?  Without America NATO couldn't fight its way out of a wet paper bag, and in no way did America want to attack Russia.  This "special military operation" was all about Putin's desire to restore Russian imperialism, and now Putin's finally calling it a war, as he's destroying the energy infrastructure of Ukraine. 

On the other hand these same people declare America has little interest in the Israel/Hamas War, and these are smart geopolitical analysts.  That's where we have skin in the game because the real threat to America, and western civilization isn't Russia, it's Islam, and Israel is the canary in the coal mine.  

Before this war started Russia was relatively debt free, but let's face it, Russia isn't a natural capital generating nation for a number of reasons, including it's central planning economic system and the corruption is so massive it's mind boggling.  He had trouble funding the retirement plans for Russia before this war, now, who knows how bad it is, but it's going to get worse. 

Russians are actually very nationalistic, but they're also not really suffering badly as a result of this war because their economy isn't doing badly, on the surface.  But its based on war production, and this war has exposed just how bad that is since now they're buying arms from Iran and of all nations, N. Korea.  How bad is that?

Putin's been careful about forcing all their young men into the army, up until now. So far he's been forcing non-ethnic Russians into the army, and using private armies, which after he murdered the head of the Wagner Group, Prigozhin, placed them all under the control of the Russian military high command.  Now, after murdering Navalny he was "re-elected", and now we're going to see changes in his domestic policies, including an income tax, and that may trigger domestic resistance to Putin, and his schemes. 

He will expand his efforts in Ukraine, and will now force more young Russians into the military, he will have to cut domestic spending as now he's accrued massive debt he can't repay.  His assets are being confiscated around the world, China is careful how much they support him in fear of triggering more economic sanctions from America, which continues to confirm what I've been saying for years.  China's economy is all smoke and mirrors.   

There was an interesting, and thought provoking, 1999 article in Foreign Affairs today entitled, Give War a Chance, saying:

An unpleasant truth often overlooked is that although war is a great evil, it does have a great virtue: it can resolve political conflicts and lead to peace.  If policymakers truly want to bring an end to wars, they need to let the belligerents involved exhaust themselves, such that accommodation proves more attractive than further combat......... Otherwise, no real resolution can be reached intensifying and prolonging a struggle that otherwise would have ended. 

While noting wars bring about massive human misery, cause long term geopolitical problems, he points out it's decisive victories that resolve issues, which "ceasefires and armistices alone will not resolve", because "the underlying resentments that fuel conflict" are not resovled.  The armistice at the end of WWI is example as historians note that was merely a footnote leading to WWII.  

However, even a decisive victory by Israel in this Israel/Hamas War will not resolve the underlying issue: Islam!  We have 1500 years of history to show Islam is a political, criminal movement masquerading as a religion.  Muslims will never cease to be murders, rapists, and marauders, since that's what Arabs were before Islam.  Islam gave them permission to continue to do so, and in point of fact, required them to continue to do so calling it Jihad, a Koranic requirement, and the horrible and vile atrocities by HAMAS against defenseless civilians in Israel is testimony to that fact.   

In this case the best western civilization can hope for is to keep them isolated and disarmed as much as possible, and it's failing....badly!

I've often heard "war's not the answer"!  Well, if that's true, then I think it's well to ask, "what's the question?"   By nature I'm like most Americans, I hate war, but the fact is history has shown over and over again, war really is the answer, and war really does resolve issues, which is why we're speaking English instead of Japanese and German.   

The 2024 election is one of the most interesting elections of my life.  There were two articles in Liberty Nation News I thought were worth discussing, Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr, and Trump – A Show Worth Watching, and this one, which I published today, House GOP Majority Shrinks as More Republicans Call It Quits.  

There's been a lot of clabber about Tulsi Gabbard as a Trump VP.  Not gonna happen, and I explain why in my piece, Tulsi Gabbard as Trump’s running mate?, but as a candidate for VP with Kennedy, I think that's a real possibility and the Liberty Nation article has good arguments for that potential.  

One thing is becoming clear to Americans. The nation is facing an existential crisis.  America Thinker asks, Will our republic live to see her 250th anniversary?, and  Is Article V the Solution to Our FBI Problem?, and We Should Fight First for the Bill of Rights.   In those three articles these statements appear:

1. As the United States inches closer to 2026, marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the gravity of our current predicament cannot be overstated.  This upcoming milestone, meant to celebrate the enduring spirit and foundational values of liberty, democracy, and unity, is now shadowed by the specter of internal decay and external threats, much like the fall of the Roman Empire.
2. The FBI has clearly shifted its mission from law enforcement to political enforcement.  Only the geniuses of The View, the TDS-afflicted “journalists” of CNN, and the beneficiaries of the FBI’s legal exemption policy (the Democrats) would argue otherwise.  Video of armed FBI agents raiding the home of a former president dispelled the myth of “Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity” for the rest of us.
3. Would you be willing to fight and die for multiculturalism?  Would you put your life on the line for “Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity” (DIE); “Environmental, Social, and corporate Governance” (ESG); or other Marxist worldviews?

It's clear those are issues that must be resolved.  Immigration is out of control, and the real issue is the 2030 census.  All people in America will be counted, citizens, migrants, and illegal immigrants, and if that's not resolved, that will probably give Democrats 30 more seats in the House of Representatives.  

By Clarice Feldman published this article today, Domination Through Chaos and Fear, saying:

In the decade I served on a school board, I learned a great deal about group dynamics. The most important lesson, I suppose, is that there are people -- most often highly neurotic people -- who deliberately create chaos. They undermine every effort to rationally deal with issues that require solutions. They violate norms like crediting the work of committees that were designated to analyze what needs to be done and offer solutions for the board to act on, dispiriting those desirous of accomplishing what must be done. They go behind the backs of board members to undercut the systematic workings of the board, and then drag out meetings that should take a few hours into the late night.  

 In consequence, many just cede power to them rather than endure the endless churning of conflicts, bad decision-making and stirred-up animus. Psychologist Wilfred Bion analyzed group dynamics, something I later wished I had studied beforehand. As I recall the experiment he did, it went like this (much simplified): People were divided into two groups only one of which was without a clear mission of what they were to do. The portion of the group that was charged with a particular task was able to accomplish it. The second group with no such mission defined fell prey to the various emotional drives of the participants.

For many years I served in leadership roles in my industry and she's right, they're great at creating chaos, and it takes a Serbian to overcome all that outrageous behavior, or a Trump, who is being targeted by misfits she describes who are destroying America's system of justice.  How in the world is this decision not a violation of the Constitutions Fourth Amendment against unreasonable searches and seizures by the government?  If all these so-called "legal" undertakings can be launched against a former President of the United States, what can they do against the rest of America?  

No matter what flaws Trump may have, one thing is clear, he feels the nation is in jeopardy otherwise why would he put himself through all this misery, not to mention the massive expense involved in fighting all these corrupt judges and prosecutors.  

One final thing, the budget!  Republican have given Biden and the Democrats everything they desire, and the House is filled with RINO traitors, with McCarthy leading this movement even now.  The question as to whether the Republicans can hold the House until the election is now debatable.   

Update 12:27 PM EST

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to expel Rep. Gallagher so he can be replaced immediately. He’s resigning before his term ends and when he can’t be replaced until the election – April 19, leaving the majority in danger. She said every Republican leaving now is putting the majority in danger.  They should expel Gallagher so his constituency can vote for someone to take the seat quickly. She said his departure date is deliberate.