John Quincy Adams expressed a similar sentiment about 200 years ago:
She has abstained from interference in the concerns of others, even when conflict has been for principles to which she clings, as to the last vital drop that visits the heart.
She has seen that probably for centuries to come, all the contests of that Aceldama the European world, will be contests of inveterate power, and emerging right.
Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her heart, her benedictions and her prayers be.
But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.
She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.
She will commend the general cause by the countenance of her voice, and the benignant sympathy of her example.
She well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication, in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy, and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standard of freedom.
The fundamental maxims of her policy would insensibly change from liberty to force....
She might become the dictatress of the world. She would be no longer the ruler of her own spirit....
I know why the politicians in Finland want to be in the NATO club with the additional membership in the EU/SSR, they get invited to the right parties and cocktail soirees. I have zero expectation of Russian land forces stepping into Europe. But I have every expectation that once one country in NATO steps on their dick in Ukraine, the collective responsibility for the death of Russian soldiers will sign up Finland for reprisals via missiles if it comes to that.
I think the Russians are the most effective and able land force on Earth today but they do not have the force structure nor logistical means to support a contested war on Finnish soil much less any other EU/SSR member.
Fighting a war contiguous to your national borders with a very mature defensive infrastructure that is deep and synchronized creates a Russian capability to defend its homeland the US can’t come close to.
Nor can a single member state of NATO; their total lack of rational IAMD for a given country much less rational interoperability between NATO member states is a head scratcher.
And there is a component here that needs to be examined: the curiosity that first world nations that invest heavily in defending their homeland tend to NOT start wars past their non-contiguous borders.
Perhaps the Russian Defense Model would be a Sane approach for Us to duplicate.
We the People must decide to Be a Republic or an Empire.
The historical record of Empires is not unknown, but then Sanity rarely intrudes upon the discussion ......
Considering our current state of Illegal foreign Invasion and fiat inflation monetary calamity, Domestic $ & Common Sense Reforms are a Vital Neccessity .... Now.
John Quincy Adams expressed a similar sentiment about 200 years ago:
She has abstained from interference in the concerns of others, even when conflict has been for principles to which she clings, as to the last vital drop that visits the heart.
She has seen that probably for centuries to come, all the contests of that Aceldama the European world, will be contests of inveterate power, and emerging right.
Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her heart, her benedictions and her prayers be.
But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.
She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.
She will commend the general cause by the countenance of her voice, and the benignant sympathy of her example.
She well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication, in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy, and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standard of freedom.
The fundamental maxims of her policy would insensibly change from liberty to force....
She might become the dictatress of the world. She would be no longer the ruler of her own spirit....
What was the name of the book you recommended that the propaganda minister in nazi germany got ideas from?
Thanks boss!
Just got it on audible. I like the multitasking aspect of audiobooks these days.
"Propaganda" by Edward Bernays.
Here's a summary:
https://wisewords.blog/book-summaries/propaganda-book-summary/
Every war and adventure since the mid-20th Century has not gone well.
There is a solution, maybe: Come home America, follow a neutralist foreign policy and ethos.
neutralistassociationofthe.us
"America should take a non-interventionist pause and get its internal house in order. Full Stop.
..... before (Never )standing astride the world again and lighting fires that never go away and continuously make things worse."
This Current Political "OODA Loop" is a Squirrel Cage for Humanity.
In the final analysis We are 100% responsible for ourselves, for better or worse. Freedom & Sanity are intertwined like a rope.
https://www.scientology.org/store/item/dianetics-the-original-thesis-paperback.html
I know why the politicians in Finland want to be in the NATO club with the additional membership in the EU/SSR, they get invited to the right parties and cocktail soirees. I have zero expectation of Russian land forces stepping into Europe. But I have every expectation that once one country in NATO steps on their dick in Ukraine, the collective responsibility for the death of Russian soldiers will sign up Finland for reprisals via missiles if it comes to that.
More strategic rake-stomping.
I think the Russians are the most effective and able land force on Earth today but they do not have the force structure nor logistical means to support a contested war on Finnish soil much less any other EU/SSR member.
Fighting a war contiguous to your national borders with a very mature defensive infrastructure that is deep and synchronized creates a Russian capability to defend its homeland the US can’t come close to.
Nor can a single member state of NATO; their total lack of rational IAMD for a given country much less rational interoperability between NATO member states is a head scratcher.
And there is a component here that needs to be examined: the curiosity that first world nations that invest heavily in defending their homeland tend to NOT start wars past their non-contiguous borders.
Perhaps the Russian Defense Model would be a Sane approach for Us to duplicate.
We the People must decide to Be a Republic or an Empire.
The historical record of Empires is not unknown, but then Sanity rarely intrudes upon the discussion ......
Considering our current state of Illegal foreign Invasion and fiat inflation monetary calamity, Domestic $ & Common Sense Reforms are a Vital Neccessity .... Now.
Thank you again for speaking out.