I don't know how much of the State of the Union I will be able to bear this evening. I do not like Joe Biden. Not as a man nor as a politician.
He and his administration has done more to undo this country in one year than anyone I can remember - he even beats Jimmy Carter.
Funny. I didn't dislike Jimmy Carter. He was and is a good and decent man - though brother Billy didn't quite live up to the standard. He just wasn't a strong president.
I'm getting off-topic. What I'm hearing in advance of the big speech is a lot of mixed messaging. We cannot support a no-fly zone for Ukraine because Putin is a nuclear power. This really bothers me. I don't have an answer other than to give the Ukrainians some of our excess aircraft that are sitting mothballed in the middle of the desert. They are perfectly capable of flying them. At least it would help even the odds.
What worries me more is that we're allowing independent countries to be destroyed because we're afraid of one mad man with nukes. That's a legitimate fear but should it be the case? I think not. Surely he must know if he'd use such weaponry he'd be on the receiving end of exactly what he's using as a threat to alliances around the world. He'd be the one being annihilated. It would be horrible for the Russian people, just as what he is doing, even without nukes, to the Ukrainian people.
I hate war. I have no respect for those who wage it. I have even less respect for those who take half measures in full throat defending a hapless effort to thwart aggression. Save the banks that process the funding of the oil we're still buying from Russia. Sanction the others. Keep your back turned on our own abilities to produce not only the energy we need but enough for a large part of the world, especially our allies. Such as they are. At least they're not wringing their hands waiting for us to re-emerge as a leader. I applaud them.
Hapless does not make for strong alliances. No matter who is involved. We'll see what shakes out after tonight. In the meantime, Ukraine, stay strong.
