Don't trust either of these two men. Ever.
One, Putin, is pure evil. I feel bad for the Russian people even though they have allowed him to hold power so long he's nearly impossible to remove. Besides, as the saying goes, be careful what you wish for. Whoever takes his place may be even worse though it's hard to imagine.
The second, of course, is our current President. A man so ensconced in corruption for the past 50 years it's hard to imagine why the people of Delaware kept returning him to the Senate. Now he is President. Another big why. His mental faculties are diminished at best, but as his Vice President recently said, we got what we voted for.
Wake up, people! For now, however, we are stuck. We're stuck with his utterances. I do understand he could have been genuinely outraged by what Putin is doing to Ukraine. Somehow, though, due to his previous performances, I'm inclined to think it was off the cuff theater. Putting a voice to it could and should have been more politic, but with diminished capacity that's a lot to expect.
So we suffered through a lot of weak explanations and walk backs and the war rages on. It was suggested today that this administration really doesn't want Russia to lose. If true, why not? Is it a conspiracy theory that Putin has so much on Biden, Biden dares not push too hard? I think that is within the realm of possibility.
Otherwise, why are we still dithering over military aid to the Ukrainians and why don't we give them the planes they so desperately need? We're still urging Ukraine to make a settlement just as things have shifted slightly in their favor. Such actions do exactly instill confidence that the U.S. has their back. We don't and never have.
I'm wondering who would have our back if we needed it. It will take years to rebuild the trust that has been squandered - if ever. We've become so driven by hatred of the opposing party that every action of the presiding administration is to destroy everything the preceding one did whether or not it was good for the country.
This has to stop. The politicians aren't going to be the ones to do it. We the people will have to step up to the plate and get it done. The politicians who hedge their bets, in both parties, lest they antagonize their campaign contributors, need to be removed from office. Bye, bye. Retire. Smell the roses.
The Democrats are mean-spirited and power-hungry and totally absurd. The Republicans go along to get along and are afraid of their own shadow. It's losing those campaign funds that do trickle in even though they do little to deserve them.
Neither side has done much to help our country. Biden has one of the most amateurish and incapable Cabinets I've ever seen. Trump had some outstanding people in this Cabinet but they tired of his mercurial moods and methods and left.
Both Biden and Trump have indicated they would like to run. Both would be lame-duck presidents. Get some new, younger blood in there!
And Putin? If he wins this one, he'll still be lurking around the edges waiting for an opening. He'll be licking his wounds, but they'll heal and he'll be ready to resume his initial and only goal - to re-create Mother Russia.
If that happens the carnage will not stop. For the love of decency and humanity, give Ukraine the planes and the weapons they need. They aren't asking anyone else to do the fighting for them, they're just asking for what is needed to get it done. Defeat Putin.
