Random thoughts about Lincoln Project and GOP'ers turned Anti-Trumpers.

[WarGamer]

23. Hmmm...

I guess I'm old school.

When I was young, I thought war was cool... had tank books at 11 years old... I grew up in rural IL and played "army" in the corn fields with a 2x4 as a gun and corn cobs as grenades.

The older I got, I continued to love reading about war... recognizing the events and the leaders... but gradually began to see the waste of it all.

Ok... some might not have been a waste, like the Frankish King Charles Martel defeating the Umayyad Califate in 732 at Tours which prevented the Muslim conquest into Europe.



Now, I'm going to sound like a hippie saying this... I don't think the World SHOULD be run by a single power. Evidence: Iraq War. Illegal war that was sanctioned by 100+ countries because they didn't want to offend the world's superpower.

Putin does it, he's a global skunk.

Bush did it, barking seals standing on their hind legs, clapping their flippers singing ark ark ark ark...



Ukraine.

I don't think we can judge the Western involvement at this stage. If it ends in thermonuclear war it was a bad move. If it lasts 20 years and 4 million Ukrainians die and Russia wins anyways... was a bad idea.

If it destabilizes global geopolitics for 50 years, maybe not so great.

If Russia arms the "next" victim of a US war in the future with MANPADS or drones or such things... bad thing.

And finally, if Ukraine pushed Russia out of the country THIS year... and Putin is replaced by a moderate... HUGE success...

So in summary... I think we should live in a multi-polar world with multiple strong countries as long as they're dedicated to Peace.