The West has a surplus of so-called leaders in the throes of insanity. From Eric Wallbank at theburningplatform.com:
Makers of war are a dime a dozen, peacemakers are as rare as gold. Europe, for the last century has been the bloodiest continent, and is fast on its way back to warfare. Is there a chance for peace? There is, but hope is slim and the peacemakers a but a few. Idiot Macron wants to put an army of the willing into Ukraine, and allow nations in the EU to share in his nuclear weapons. What could go wrong with that? Putin, who invaded UKR over security concerns for the safety of Russia, would he be okay with that? Even worse is Starmer, newly arrived Brit PM, seemingly insane, advocating for free speech while arresting/charging citizens for expressing anything he doesn’t agree with.
Meanwhile, the US is in turmoil as the US/AID, shreds evidence of its past activities. Hopelessness becomes hopelessly exacerbated by elites demanding more power to deal with problems they are responsible for. As in, a previously unforeseen level of nuclear danger with Russia? Begin with paragons of virtue W. Bush/Cheney, who in their ultimate wisdom got rid of the ABM treaty in 2002. Then Trump, who is now calling for nuclear treaties with Russia, after being the one to rid us of the INF/Open Skies treaty during his 1st term.
Now there’s a proposed cease fire in Ukraine. Russia is routing UKR, while Trump/Rubio call it a stalemated conflict. After faithless Minsk Accords, why would Russia give UKR 30 days to rearm? Hopefully Trump is talking trash just to open negotiations.
Hopefully Trump sees the folly of his proposals and he is working from a greater vision. Then there’s his team. Rubio and Waltz are neocons, with global ulterior motives, and not to be trusted. How can peace be achieved when appointed diplomats/negotiators have unquestioned beliefs about nations they see only as threats and enemies? Is the new Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, a man in the spirit of Eisenhower, who, having lived through war horror, knew the value of peace? Hegseth is not such a man. Miley/Austin were evil nitwits, but Hegseth, like R. Cheney, is a dangerous man.
