We all remember the brilliant Seinfeld episode where Goerge Costanza realizes that the solution to his aimless existence is to start to do the opposite of whatever his instincts are. Good news, the US can take guidance from Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and find our path - whatever our elites think is correct - let’s do the opposite.
What is the only sentence that every American political figure or pundit loves? We cannot do anything to escalate. Ukraine is not our fight.
What a bunch of idiots.
What have we learned in the last two weeks?
A) Putin is the most rational man in the world. When the West tells him that there is no cost to behaving badly, he behaves badly.
B) Biden is the 3rd coming of Jimmy Carter. Weakness in the US leads to attacks. Period.
C) The Russians are now incredibly vulnerable. A huge percentage of their forces are engaged and are not making progress in what increasingly looks like a quagmire because they are poorly trained, lack motivation and have sub-standard technology.
So, what are our choices?
Don’t escalate or provoke. Why would we even consider these concepts when a madman is literally murdering tens of thousands of innocent people?
Hope the Ukrainians win. Hope is not a strategy.
Attack. Nato and the US should drive the Russians out of Ukraine. They are clearly an inferior force bent on destruction and mass murder. We have the capacity to drive them out of Ukraine and completely change the balance of power in the world. China will no longer see Taiwan as theirs for the taking and Iran will realize that their behavior will lead to their losing power.
There is no major US commentator or politician advocating for offense, but clearly the Russians are absolutely incompetent. And exposed. This is our opportunity to end their threat to the free people of the world. Let’s do it.