@EvilBunny here's the article
Atlantic Council
The West must urgently overcome its fear of provoking Putin
By Daniel Bilak
The West appears paralyzed by its fear of Russian escalation.
Putin benefits from escalation dominance because the West has handed him this advantage.
Like it or not, the West is already involved in the current war and will inevitably face a far more immediate threat from Russia if Putin is not resoundingly defeated in Ukraine.
@peeppeepcircus @EvilBunny It's so frustrating. Time and time again people don't stand up to the bully even though in hindsight it was the clear play. We don't learn our lessons.
💯 - the minute the invasion started i thought of the WW2 invasion of Poland by Hitler. Appeasement did not work then either. We know our history, so we shouldn't be doomed to repeat it.
@peeppeepcircus @sentientmortal @EvilBunny A major part of this country's current issues stems from the fact that the 1% has systematically gutted our education system for 60 years. It appears that at least a third of America has forgotten the lessons of WW2....but it only appears so because you don't have to forget what you never learned.
@peeppeepcircus @sentientmortal @EvilBunny Every time I see some right wing dipshit jump up and down point at the word "socialist" in the political label "National Socialist" as proof that Nazis were left wingers I laugh so hard I cry. I'm German American, and I know my family history. Goebbels and Hitler stuck the word socialist in their party name as sucker bait to convince lefties to elect the people who wanted to kill them.
@peeppeepcircus @sentientmortal @EvilBunny The same effing game the Republicans (as a closeted Nazi Party) are running today, and what do you know....it still works....because Jesus. #ChristoFascists
@TwiHusband @sentientmortal @EvilBunny
it's surreal to see it working in real time. Does no one know the story of the "Good Germans"?
and yes, anyone who votes republican these days is complicit unfortunately. no matter how much in denial of it they are.
@peeppeepcircus @sentientmortal @EvilBunny My wife just read me a piece about our "ally" Liz Cheney, in her pre-Trump days, going off about Democrats killing babies post-partum. Her ostensible change of heart is just sour grapes, because SHE isn't the one in charge. There ARE NO "good Conservatives". None. Not one. Not for 50 years or more. They're all complicit. Every last one of them. #TrustNoRepublicanEverAgain
@TwiHusband @peeppeepcircus @sentientmortal @EvilBunny Actually, the term "conservative" no longer seems to apply to trump's overt radical right GQP. Nothing conservative about wanting to destroy the constitution, or keeping folks from voting, or discriminating against any 'others'.. just sayin'😊
@Dudesssa_93_ @TwiHusband @peeppeepcircus @EvilBunny if you're concerned about voting suppression or discrimination, I've got bad news to tell you about our country's whole history.
This isn't new.
@sentientmortal @Dudesssa_93_ @peeppeepcircus @EvilBunny Which concerns you more? Then or now? Learning from history and using it to correct things isn't the same as wallowing in past sins to the point of being unwilling to even try.
@sentientmortal @Dudesssa_93_ @peeppeepcircus @EvilBunny Yep. You thought we were ignorant and wanted to rub our nose in it.
@TwiHusband @Dudesssa_93_ @peeppeepcircus @EvilBunny nah. we are all in this together. I'm not better than you. Sorry for your experience.
@TwiHusband @sentientmortal @Dudesssa_93_ @peeppeepcircus
The past is history, always focus on what can be done to improve things NOW!
@TwiHusband @Dudesssa_93_ @peeppeepcircus @EvilBunny did you get that from what I said?