Originally Posted by Rob B.
Marty, that is exactly what I'm scared of. If that happens, my kids and grand children are in great danger. Putin needs to be stopped before he crosses the border. A strong western alliance is what is necessary. That worked for decades.

Rob
You and I arent going to agree on this. My opinion is that neither one is privy to enough actual facts to debate it with any certainty.

A strong Western Alliance in the last several decades has actually meant someone on the other side of the world blowing a whistle to summon the American military to some war that is thousands of miles from our nearest coast. A bunch of expensive, no-win, perma-wars often to liberate people who view us contemptuously. We're tapped out and have financed this stuff with debt, as the debt service on our own debt hits 1 trillion dollars and is still climbing.

Europe needs to pull more weight. The only person in my lifetime who has dared to say that is Trump. That and his stated aversion for foreign wars was one of the reasons that he got my vote. You worried about his tweets, insults, exaggerations, odd statements and narcissism. I worried about foreign wars and drug cartels in the country.

My feeling is that you are allowing yourself to be ramped up too much. You wont be deported.
I and many other people want to see if Ukraine can be de-escalated with meetings in conference rooms.
If that doesnt work and Putin invades Germany, the US will go to war...but I doubt that will happen. So I'm not gonna light my hair on fire because it might.

We're both starting to reach and repeat. Take the last word and let's relax.

Your amateur song-writer internet pal,

Marty

Ps...People who share a common language and geographic proximity are going to more-than-likely have an affinity. I know that you can google examples contrary, but I personally believe that to be a fairly accurate statement about eastern border Ukraine.

https://soundcloud.com/sunset-poet-of-texas