Chuckie's latest foolishness
I have a bit more sympathy for Chuckie the Microwit after seeing his behavior in a disaster last year.
As a man he's admirable. His instincts and training show exactly why a noble class is worth maintaining. He provides an honest example of courage and humility for the masses to observe.
As a ruler he's useless. He's not smart enough to say or do the right thing in a complex geopolitical situation.
His comparison of Putin to Hitler fails in every direction. WW2 comparisons just don't apply here.
Here's a closer (but still poor) comparison:
Putin in 2014 is like JFK in 1962.
In 1962: Cuba had been an American colony in fact if not in theory for a long time. When Castro broke loose with Soviet help, Eisenhower was unhappy but passive. JFK was more active, and when Russia pushed the issue by bringing in missiles, he stood up for our former colony.
In 2014: Ukraine has been part of Russia, sometimes in fact and sometimes in law, for a long time. When Ukraine broke loose with American help, Yeltsin was unhappy but passive. Putin is more active, and when America pushed the issue by forcing a coup against the pro-Russian leader, Putin stood up for his people.
This fight was NOT started by Russia. This fight was started by neocon Victoria Nudelman alias Nuland, acting for reasons that are still unclear. (We can generally hypothesize that a neocon is acting for tribal reasons to enrich US/UK banksters, but I don't see the connection with Ukraine yet.)
In the broadest sense, all of today's chaos is Nature's attempt to repair the damage done by Britain and US in 1920. Versailles divided the world into completely unnatural nation-states, splitting ethnic groups across borders in Europe and the Middle East. WW2 was caused by those divisions, but ended with the same divisions even more firmly in place.
From this view, what's happening in Ukraine? Mother Russia is herding all her puppies back into the nest, with special attention to the puppies that have been lured toward EU by poisoned treats.
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