tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post889308576746554493..comments2024-03-27T23:44:50.699-04:00Comments on Waddy Is Right: Provoking the DragonNicholas Waddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14650770835328089297noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-40003193546502941792022-05-28T19:37:00.020-04:002022-05-28T19:37:00.020-04:00That's a sage observation, Jack. Many leftist...That's a sage observation, Jack. Many leftists are in their neo-Marxist element shoving arbitrary environmental regulations down our collective throat... As they've proven, care for Mother Earth can be used to justify almost anything (up to and including mass murder, which, I trust, is in the works).<br /><br />Jack, I understand China's feelings towards Taiwan, even more so than I understand Russia's feelings towards Ukraine, and frankly I feel that the best solution for both areas is to consider them within the sphere of the influence of their local superpower. To play games and to tempt them with American "protection" would be to invite disaster...most of all, on the Ukrainians and the Taiwanese themselves!<br /><br />Yes, Jack! The grass always seems greener, but it's frequently redder -- red with torrents of blood (not to get too overheated about it)... Even a flawed political/social/economic order is frequently to be preferred to revolutionary change.<br /><br />Eh. I'm still not convinced. I say: Sweden and Finland, so long as they mind their own business, face ZERO possibility of Russian aggression.Nicholas Waddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14650770835328089297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-86400114029809051912022-05-28T17:26:18.869-04:002022-05-28T17:26:18.869-04:00Dr.Waddy from Jack: Your assertion that Russian pe...Dr.Waddy from Jack: Your assertion that Russian perception of incursion must be considered is very plausible; I have often expressed congruent views. But, I suggest we strongly consider also the perceptions of nations approximate to and sharing very justified concerns about, the Bear. (Sweden and Finland)Heretofore, they have for very long ,pursued policies of nominal nonconfrontation with Russia. Now they seek security in obviously antiRussia ( even if probably only defensive) Nato. Why? They cannot but if, due to their necessarily close attention to Russian reaction to incipient Nato incursion since 1989, having garnered very well informed perceptions of eventual Russian intent. And they may be reeacting <br /><br />in accordance with long held expectations of Russan reaction to plausible Nato investment of Ukraine. Sweden and Finland KNOW Russia!<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-346437712476026582022-05-28T16:57:17.602-04:002022-05-28T16:57:17.602-04:00Dr.Waddy from Jack: The 1660s Stewart dynasty rest...Dr.Waddy from Jack: The 1660s Stewart dynasty restoration in England. Its one of several examples of nations recklessly venturing into radical solutions for, yes, actual problems, which nonetheless turned out to be far worse than what they replaced! Other examples: post revolutionary France, nonetheless despite their continuing difficulties; post 1917 Russia ,Maoist China and Pol Pot's Cambodia. Numerous somewhat less but still murderous examples exist. Let an America which tolerates marxist America haters in its law making and executing institutions take very close heed to these historical examples and cautions!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-34136498863398778972022-05-28T16:40:18.358-04:002022-05-28T16:40:18.358-04:00Dr.Waddy from Jack: Pino Biden did no doubt damage...Dr.Waddy from Jack: Pino Biden did no doubt damage our delicate relationship with, well yes, very "influential" China with his typically vacuous remark on "guaranteed" US military defense of Taiwan. US promises of defense of Taiwan date from fear of the unbridled expansion of insanely Maoist China. Say what you will about a China now possessed of very unMaoist prosperity, yes, they still look to an eventual reunification , perhaps even mutually agreed upon,with what they consider(with some historical justification; I mean, it predates our Manifest Destiny) their Taiwan. Our heretofore ambivalence about defense of Taiwan was well considered and worked well with sane China's traditional long range historical outlook. Perhaps until Joe's faux pas that is. Let us meet China's challenge economically, deterrently as we did the Soviets and only if necessary, direct military action. And the latter is NOT guaranteed: Chinese history, which we MUST understand, in all circumstances, justifies some continued Chinese assertion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-33854992498766702182022-05-27T17:41:30.926-04:002022-05-27T17:41:30.926-04:00Dr.Waddy from Jack: Re the "environmental&quo...Dr.Waddy from Jack: Re the "environmental" movement originating inthe 70s: Your observation that many of today's onerous regulations protecting an "environment" which appears disdainful of human well being are advanced by lobbyists to disadvantage business competitors: it makes much sense. But, could it not also be that some 60s leftists, realizing that the "revolution" had failed,resolved to subvert from within the hated establishment? So they became government executive cadre resolved to promulgate disruptive and counterintuitive administrative law to further the destruction of America. The "environment" was perceived by the left as their latest vehicle for a totalitarian power grab and the establisment of such as EPA empowered themAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com