Apparently, the reply to that query shouldn’t be but as a result of our authorities is resolutely pushing america towards battle with Russia.
To date, Ukraine is doing the preventing and dying in its year-long battle with Russia, sustained by American weapons, know-how and navy experience. Ukraine seems to be holding its personal, however it might be a mistake to consider that Russia will merely surrender and abandon its imperialistic ambitions to annex a portion of its western neighbor. Definitely, in my view, Russia won’t ever give up Crimea.
The American mainline media is keen on describing Russia as a regional energy with an incompetent navy and unstable management. I’m undecided that’s true.
Napoleon thought he had defeated Russia when he captured Moscow in 1812. In Napoleon’s thoughts, all that was left to do was watch for Russia’s navy leaders to confess that they had been overwhelmed and formally give up.
However the Russians by no means confirmed as much as give up. As a substitute, winter set in, and a cataclysmic hearth burned down most of Moscow.
Slightly than spend the winter in a burned out metropolis, Napoleon determined to march his troops again to France. That’s when the Cossacks confirmed up. Russian cavalry harassed the French military on its lengthy retreat and Napoleon misplaced ninety p.c of his troops earlier than he reached security.
Throughout World Warfare II, Hitler invaded Russia in the summertime of 1941 and drove the Russians again throughout a broad entrance. The Nazis made it to the outskirts of Moscow however they by no means captured town. The Germans besieged Leningrad for 900 days however the Russians refused to give up, though a million Leningrad civilians died from hunger through the siege.
Are there any classes to be discovered from historical past? I feel there are. Russia might seem like on the verge of defeat in its battle with Ukraine, however that’s what Napoleon and Hitler believed once they picked a struggle with Russia.
However what do I learn about navy technique and geopolitical affairs? In spite of everything, I’m only a retired professor who lives smack dab in the course of flyover nation.
That’s a good level. Then again, what do the bozos in Washington learn about navy technique or the tangled historical past that connects Ukraine and Russia? Apparently, not a lot.
The witless diplomats and coverage wonks who’re recklessly pushing our nation into battle with a nuclear energy most likely assume it’s enjoyable to muck round in jap European affairs. Who is aware of? They could get a profitable e-book contract out of this fracas or a instructing gig at Harvard.
However what’s their purpose? Is it to weaken Russia or is it to weaken america?
I, for one, don’t favor baiting the Russian bear. I don’t want my youngsters or grandchildren to undergo or die as a result of some fools in Washington don’t know what the Russians are able to.
