Red Storm Clouds Are Approaching America

The atrocities being carried out in the Ukraine at the orders of the latest mentally challenged Russian dictator show that Russia has not changed for centuries. Putin has only made one truthful statement concerning Ukraine. He stated in one press comment that the Ukrainne should not exist as a country because it was a communist construct created in 1919. However he did not elaborate why Lenin created Ukraine and Belarus at the same time. Prior to these two countries being created as part of the Soviet Union they were part of Russia and never in history did they exist as separate countries. Over five centuries after an arranged dynastic marriage between a Polish Queen and a Lithuanian Duke, a Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth was created linking the large sparsely populated territory of Lithuania with the smaller but densely populated Kingdom of Poland, which created the largest country in Europe in land area, stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea and to the East to within 100 miles of the Viking-founded city of Moscow and which also incorporated Lithuanian territory reaching 250 miles to the east of Kiev. To the southwest the Commonwealth incorporated Transylvania, Moldavia and Wallachia. These vast eastern territories of Lithuania were used as a bulwark against Islamic invasions and annual slave raids by various allies of the Turks to whom captured slaves were sold.
The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth lasted into the 18th century. However the Poles had a parliament which foolishly introduced a rule called Liberum Veto, which meant that any single member of that Parliament who disagreed over a vote good have it thrown out. This opened the way to the partitions of the Commonwealth which over a part of the 18th century bribed members subverted by Prussia, Russia and Austro-Hungary prevented the Polish Parliament creating a standing army to defend Commonwealth territory against being invaded and divided up between them. Final Partition was in 1795 and the Commonwealth ceased to exist until 1918. After WW1 the Russians attacked Poland with massive forces to use it as a jumping off point for invading the rest of Europe and enlarging the USSR. Fortunately the resulting Polish-Russian War was won by the Poles and parts of Commonwealth territory wer recovered. However during this war, Lenin created Belarus and Ukraine to stop Poland recreating the Commonwealth. Hence one statement that Putin has made recently is true but it is the only one I know of. Anybody interested in reading about Polish History and about the Polish-Russian war of 1918-1921 should read two books by Historian Professor Norman Davis
"God's Playground" A History of Poland. Oxford University Press and "White Eagle Red Star" The Polish-Russian War of 1918-1921.

We should stop pretending that the president has any sense at all, or that his "policies" and appointments reflect wisdom and forethought. America is adrift without a rudder until the midterm elections restore balance to power. The Ukraine means nothing to him, it is a chess piece, and Biden is no chess player.

Does anyone appreciate how special and patriotic it was of Irving Berlin, a Jew, to have written "White Christmas" and "Easter Parade"?

Ukraine has the right to enter NATO. Remember, Russia just moved in and STOLE Crimea as if it was up for grabs. But Crimea was part of Ukraine. And why would anyone suggest that Russia should determine Ukraine's governmental policies?

France and Germany oppose admitting the Ukraine to NATO. The U.S. is not obliged by treaty or otherwise to aid the Ukraine in resisting any hostilities, particularly any Russian hostilities. The Ukraine has not requested U.S. military assistance and repeatedly has advised the Biden Administration that matters are not "urgent." The U.S. does not have 3-4 divisions armed, supported and positioned in and around the Ukraine. Nor should it.

So, the 21st century Man from La Mancha (a/k/a "Delaware") and his sidekick, Sancho Panza (a/k/a "Blinken"), tilt about eastern Europe supplementing the surfeit of their self-inflicted, avoidable domestic and foreign disasters that pose genuine existential threats to the continued existence of the world's only Constitutional Democratic Republic.

So Biden and the media worry about the Ukranian border but not the wide open American border?
How many Russian and Chinese soldiers or agents have succeeded in crossing our border?
China and Russia will continue to spread their influence and communism to Latin and South America.
China wants American land for China 2. Mexico wants it land back. Russia wants Alaska and most of Canada and they are working on it now.
Biden, Trudeau would gladly let it happen.
Russia and China are/have modernized and expanded their militaries to be more than a match to America. Hypersonic missiles, new large nukes, new quiet subs, etc. We worry how to get pregnant women in jets and diversity.
Most of our nukes are nearing there expire date. We have very little ways to shoot down nukes while Russia has modern S400 and S500 systems and lots of them.
Also many of the researchers in American colleges are Chinese with 4,000 currently under spy investigations. No more students from China should be allowed and deport those here.
Biden and his admin are clueless and a joke to Putin and Xi.
America needs to close our borders, modernize the military more, remove race theory and diversity programs from the military, be sure Canada/ Trudeau can be trusted. Develop a southern military alliance with Mexico, Latin and South America before the communist do.
We also need factories here not in China.
This is critical if America is survive.

Strange how what the America media insists is a threat to the existence of the world's democracies leaves me quite unmoved. Why all the fuss? Russia will never allow Ukraine to become a member of NATO and understandably so. I believe the entire issue has been manufactured by the White House as a distraction from the Biden administration's twelve months of spectacular bungling. After all, it is election year.

Putin has no reason to fear NATO, which was created as a bulwark against USSR aggression, and the USSR was very aggressive exporting communism all over the world, while at the same time concealing its true nature. Churchill's description of the Iron Curtain was very accurate. The Berlin Wall was created to keep people in not to keep people out. Remember the Potemkin villages designed to impress the gullible who went to Russia? A bulwark does not attack; it simply defends. NATO has never attacked the USSR or Russia, whereas Russia under Putin has shown it is still aggressive to smaller nations on its borders.

The U.S. has been involved in unnecessary and costly wars in over 95 per cent of the time since its founding in 1776. Like Spain and France before her, American wars have resulted in a squandering of her wealth and a growing national debt of over 40 trillion dollars. The Ukraine is according to Transparency International one of the most corrupt nations in the world. The U.S. is unwisely focusing her energy on the Ukraine instead of China which is threatening her neighbours by her military buildup and economic aggression. The U,S. should view Russia as a potential ally in curtailing the ambition of China for world domination. Unfortunately, corporate American betrayed their nation by outsourcing jobs and technology to China in their unbridled pursuit of maximum profit at the cost of cheap labor and at times slave labor. The enemy of the U.S. is not Russia but her own stupid and wasteful foreign policies.

Lawrence Kadish's article, "Red Storm Clouds Are Approaching America", is insightful, succinct, and stirring! The question he posed regarding Biden, Lincoln, Wilson, and Roosevelt, is clearly rhetorical!

Is Biden of the same mold as previous Presidents that have had to go to possibly a war? We know the answer and it is a NO -- he does not have the brain power to put on his shoes correctly, as to running a nation, we see what is happening to a once great nation,
Remove him and his ilk and fast before real damage is done. Look at his past results: in Afghanistan he armed a whole bloody rebel lunatic army with American weapons and technology. What would he do next, invite them over to help themselves?

The American Constitution was once the beacon for the rest of the world. Not any more. But the American Revolution of 1776 set in train elsewhere a reform processes which created the modern Westminster System, best seen in operation in Australia, NZ and Canada. (The UK does not to this day have a written constitution; just a whole bunch of precedents to be fought over.)
If Joe Biden were to lose the plot sufficiently, the US would still have to undertake the complex process of impeachment. If Biden were a Commonwealth PM from the above countries I know best, his government would face a vote of no-confidence, lose it, fall and be replaced (probably by a 'caretaker' within an hour or so.) End of story.

We should mind our own business. We have nothing at stake in a Ukraine-Russia border dispute any more than Russia would be bothered with a USA-Mexico border dispute. Speaking of Mexico, they allowed 2 million - probably more - invaders into the USA last year. Why aren't we guarding our border instead of trying to goad two neighbors 5,000 miles away into a conflict? If the U.S. wasn't pushing NATO up against the Russian border there would be no issues. Is Russia recruiting Canada or Mexico into an alliance with Russia? As for Biden, he is the hood ornament on Obama's 3rd term. The US generals that couldn't win against the Taliban would be running this. Confidence is not high.

The Russia-Ukraine issue is not so black and white. Let's be honest: would we like it if China or Russia made an alliance with Mexico a la NATO? Absolutely not! So why would the Russians not be unhappy if Ukraine became part of NATO? And then there is the question of Ukraine as a nation vs a "territory" where such status has changed hands over the course of history. Finally, the devastating effects of Operation Barbarossa are still felt in the Russian mind -- foreign troops on their borders cannot be tolerated.

We don't need a war over the Ukraine. The Ukraine does not need to be in NATO, now or ever. We need to focus on fixing what is broken this country while there is still time.

Well said. Let us just hope that the leaders we have, love them or hate them, act with sobriety and wisdom at this dangerous time.

When and if war breaks out it will not be the provocative stance of Russia but the NATO alliance reaching out to extend its reach beyond the agreements of the Paris Peace Treaties of 1947

Biden is certainly not in the same mould as any other American President. The reason is more than obvious.
Have you ever tried to mould MUSH?

If I remember correctly the Biden admin was going to bring people together and heal the nation. Instead of that happening it seems they are intent on causing domestic division and overseas strife by their overseas policy it can't be sooner than they are sent packing.

Biden is a walking disaster.

President Biden unfortunately believes that we are still in the cold war era of the 1970s. And just like then appeasement to the enemy only produced a weaker America. What is needed in America now, is a Churchill attitude of never ever surrender to the enemy, that attitude is exactly why Britain with America's help defeated the Nazis. To end this conflict, in the face of a determined enemy, America must display just how forceful it can be, talking about only strengthens Putin resolve to take over Ukraine. America needs another Churchill or Reagan.

So far, and somewhat surprisingly, Biden seems to be be both firm and clear in standing up to Putin and ready to reply with quick and harsh measures if he invades Ukraine, as seems likely.
But what I most miss seeing and hearing, from any source, is a powerful speech pointing out how much this major crisis in World history is due to One Man. Specifically, someone with sufficient gravitas should say that while Russia has absolutely nothing to fear from Ukraine, Putin and his kleptocratic autocracy do face an existential threat from the mere fact of Ukraine becoming increasingly democratic and West-leaning, and THAT, and that alone, is the reason for this crisis.
In other words, It has nothing to do with any legitimate interest of the Russian nation and people, and everything to do with the selfish interest of one man and his corrupt regime - and all the Russian and Ukrainian blood, military and civilian, that will be shed is due to that personal and selfish interest.
I wonder what such a speech would have, especially on the parents and other relatives of the Russians who will die or be crippled in serving the utterly selfish and megalomaniacal interest of this One Man.

Biden is most like Reagan in the sad days of his decline from dementia. Anyone else remember the satire of the President's brain is missing? At least Reagan was good in his time and never corrupt. Should be God help America not God Bless.

The direction to look for attacks on America is West and the effect of the dominance of China to our South.

Would you trust Joe Biden to handle the situation with your children on the frontlines of a war?

Finland has managed next door to Russia without being a member of NATO. Why can't Ukraine?

Well written. Spoke to my head and my heart. Indeed, there are Red Storm Clouds approaching and as I look around me in the USA, I'm reminded of the words of Savoy Brown in Hellbound Train. "I'm going down the road on the Hellbound Train. Take a long look lady 'cause you won't see me again. Take a last look lady, yes hard and long. 'Cause I'm going down the road on the Hellbound Train."

Irving Berlin's song is a timeless classic, expressing the deep patriotism in the hearts of all true Americans.

Joe Biden has damaged the entire Western world in almost every way possible with his Marxist policies. The US is morally and financially bankrupt because of Joe Biden.

God blessed our sweet land of liberty but we turned our back on Him. Now we are no longer free but subject around the clock to unvetted people from around the world crossing what used to be our Southern Border. We have only ourselves to blame. Freedom must be guarded and treasured. We have tried to save the world and lost our national soul. Without equality under the law, we will never regain our national bearings.

It should be noted that Russia has yet to invade the Ukraine, thanks to Biden's threats.