HOW TO STOP THE WAR IN UKRAINE

We are largely financing Russia's criminal war on Ukraine. Because of Biden's stupid decision to terminate energy production in this country, we now buy about 400,000 barrels of oil from Russia every day. We are pouring millions of dollars into Putin's filthy hands every day. He is using those millions to pay for his adventurism.

 

What would happen if, instead of buying Russian oil, we restarted our own energy production? Did you know that the Keystone pipeline alone would deliver the same amount of oil that we are buying from Russia every day? Did you also know that on the day that Biden destroyed our energy production we were a net energy exporter? If we restarted our energy production it would be just a matter of days before we could say "nyet" to Putin's oil. And a few days after that we could be selling oil and natural gas to Europe. That alone would take a lot of heat off of Europe. 

 

"Update, update." Biden announced this morning that we would indeed stop buying any energy products from Russia. That sounds good but as usual, that doesn't solve the problem by itself. He needed to go further and restart our domestic energy production. By not starting our production, he virtually guaranteed gasoline will hit $5.00 a gallon and maybe even higher. Liberals just cannot connect the dots. For every action there is usually a reaction. Hang on. It's going to get uglier. 

 

So, that's step one. Step two is a little iffier but doubtless very effective. What if we fired some missiles at Russia? Now I am not saying we should do it ourselves. We would get one or more of our NATO partners to be our proxy and fire on Russia themselves. The moment the Russian military learned that their homeland was under attack, they would turn their tanks around and go back to Russia. As big and powerful as they are, they can't be in two places at the same time.  

 

Of course, the big reason we don't fire missiles at Russia is the possibility Putin would start world war three by taking the nuclear path. Is Putin that stupid? Probably. His closest advisors would have to stop him and they may not have the nerve.

 

The reality is that if Putin pulled out his nuclear warheads, so would we. Hence, MAD, mutually assured destruction. Millions of people would die. The earth could very well disappear in such a war. Who is the winner then?

 

The only possible answer is diplomacy. Even if Putin tries to start the big war, we have to resist the urge to take him out. We have to trust some very untrustworthy people to exercise some judgment. His closest advisors would all stand to lose everything they have including their lives.

 

So here we are. Stuck between a blood thirsty terrorist and a moron. Who blinks first? Who decides to use good judgement? It's a pretty scary thought that the future of the world ln which we live is in the hands of these two idiots. 

 

I think and I hope cooler, more intelligent heads will prevail and this mess will find a conclusion. When it does, we absolutely must legislate an end to our ability to get involved in situations like this again. We are the most powerful nation on earth and we must have a President who fits in the role of leader of the most powerful nation on earth.

 

Ron Scarbro March 9, 2022