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Judge Napolitano:
"General Keith Kellogg, who president Trump has indicated he wants to be his principal emissary and adviser on Ukraine and Russia, sounded the other day like he had just had breakfast with Tony Blinken. He is reported to have said--it has been reported and not denied--that if Putin doesn't discuss quickly the concept of a ceasefire we'll send more ammunition, military gear, and equipment to Ukraine. How crazy is that?"
Col. Douglas MacGregor:
"It's worse than crazy. There are three things. First of all we are risking a direct confrontation with Russia. We don't understand and don't care to listen to people who tell us that the Russians are at the precipice of going to war against us.
"In other words, they're asking themselves, 'What's the point of trying to talk to the Americans? There's no evidence that they will keep their word, there's no evidence that they will honor any agreement we make, so under these circumstances why not just mobilize the country and strike to the West all the way to the Polish border?' This is frightening. It's not something that the Russians want to do, but when you hear the kind of thing that you just mentioned uttered by General Kellogg, that suggests that they may not have any choice.
"Again it's a failure to admit that Russia has any legitimate interest whatsoever. They do have legitimate interests and we ought to recognize that. We need to stop treating them as the redheaded stepchild that has no rights, no opportunity to speak, and then we also need to look at Europe and understand Europe is rapidly slipping from our grasp."
Precious in the sight of the LORD Is the death of His godly ones.
Psalm 116:15
Rod Dreher asks, "I don’t understand why the government doesn’t deploy the army and shoot rioters until they stop. Philippe Lemoine, a Frenchman, says it’s not that simple."
Excerpt:
"We have let things rot for so long that, at this point, relying primarily on force to restore order would require a degree of violence far greater than what people realize and what is politically feasible.
It's possible to contain a riot using only moderate force when the number of police officers is high relative to the number of rioters, but when riots are so widespread and involve so many people because you have allowed this kind of things to happen for so long, that's just not possible and you have to use extreme violence to make up for the lack of manpower.
I know people on the Internet will say that it doesn't matter and that we should just do it, but the reality is that most of the people in charge are not prepared to use that kind of force and neither would most ordinary people if they saw ...
Even Marine Le Pen’s recent statements track this line: personal Islamic practice is compatible with the Republic; replacing French law with Sharia is not. French Muslims who are simply citizens practicing their "religious faith" “have no reason to worry” about a Le Pen election victory.
But can one be a practicing Muslim without demanding and practicing Sharia?
