Then ask yourself, were your homeland invaded, would you prefer to heed this character’s cowardly defeatism that “justifies” the aggressors and attacks the defenders? Why do Tokyo Rose and Axis Sally come to mind? And why are some ostensibly “on the right” treating his as a voice to be heeded and amplified? [More]
We all get that there are plenty of manipulative lies coming out of the West. But assuming the default position, that this means Russia is telling us the truth, undermines one of the greatest examples of why a populace should own military weapons.
I like to say that ........ are not Americans with a funny accent. Fill in the blank with the nationality/ethnic group du jour. But when you boil it all down, (you cannibals out there will have to excuse the pun) while we do have our variations from the norm, we Homo Sapiens Sapiens have more similarities than we have differences.
ReplyDeleteAs such, there is one thing you can take to the bank. Our "leaders" lie. They lie to us. They lie to each other. They even lie to themselves.
They.
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Lie.
"Any citizen who wants to join the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces must show a passport and/or other form of Ukrainian identification, take an oath, and immediately undergo military training. At that time, they will be issued a firearm (registered to them) which is most likely an AK-74 rifle."
ReplyDeleteGee, doesn't this sound exactly like "maintaining a well-regulated militia" -- last-minute desperation style?
The Russian v Ukrainian situation is a mess made worse by the players from the U.S. political games, and the linked article doesn't help. It is " literature" that lacks a punch-line.
ReplyDeleteI think that Russia invaded to gain control of the Ukrainian gas resources that are in the east (DonBass) and under the waters surrounding the Crimea. The Ukrainian gas resources may, in time, disrupt the stranglehold that the Russians are developing over the gas supplies to Europe. As long as Turkey claims the route under the Med, an alternative supply from the Mid-East, through Syria from Saudi Arabia, Iran, and even Israel, is not possible. Delivering LNG (Liquified Natural Gas), from the U.S. or the Mid-East would be possible but would involve greater costs.
The babble about NATO, missiles, and Russian history are all theatrics for the rubes. We are talking power and profit here.
Russia sells raw materials land grain and is effectively a Third World nation. No one buys "made in Russia" except some vodka. Profit extorted from Europe for natural gas will keep the Russian economy and its oligarchs afloat. An independent Ukraine could block that scheme and keep Russian as a poor "wanna be" nation.
The American Left runs on racism, the climate fantasy, and envy. The old school Corruptocrats are along for the ride since they need the Leftists to obtain a majority. The Left despises Russia since it somehow installed President Trump and destroyed the struggling Soviet/communist system in order to install their own " crony capitalism" in its place. Worse, Russia gets along with the "White Supremicist" government of Israel.
It is all a tangle that needs a manageable presentation in order to cut through the babble.
If those had been the topics Firearms News commissioned me to write about, you are correct-- I utterly failed to deliver a "punch line". You'll forgive me if I believe there is a right to keep and bear arms example in all of this that can "help" those of us fighting for that here, and that anyone dismissing that contention is helping our enemies avoid addressing it.
ReplyDelete"That includes from the "right" as well as the "left," and what that’s doing is diverting attention away from the one now-undeniable truth that destroys the "gun control" narrative: An armed populace is essential to a nation’s security. Citizen disarmament works to the advantage of a nation’s enemies."
ReplyDeleteThere is a piece left out here. It is not enough for a population to be armed. They also must have the skill set to be able to use those arms effectively. This is something that was able to be taken for granted in the years after our country was founded. But by the time of the American Civil War, Union officers in particular found that their infantry could not hit what they were aiming at. After the war, institutions like the Director of Civilian Marksmanship, and National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice were put in place. The goal was to deliberately put "weapons of war" in the hands of ordinary Americans, and to encourage them to become proficient in their use. Over the years, those organizations have been attacked, defunded, and eliminated by those who claimed then and claim today that an armed, capable, and effective militia is an obsolete concept.
In Ukraine, people are proving them wrong.