Herbert Hoover fed not only the citizens of Belgium but also, in the hope that they would throw off the Bolsheviks, the citizens of Soviet Russia. Bertrand M. Patenaude has another remarkable story.
www.hoover.org
I know I troll a lot but what I really wish to do is open American's eyes up to the fact that the US is losing a global war. This war isn't fought with armies, it's fought with dollars and wheat and uranium and oil and lithium and nickel....
Russia is winning, Americans need to understand this, because Russia is taking a page from the US playbook that's as old as the Irish Potato famine but was industrialized in WW1.
Russia holds so many commodity cards now, looming daggers over so many strategic countries like Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa, Nigeria, Brazil, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Turkey.
These daggers, Kinjals as they are called in Russian, are poised to strike the hearts of so many nations that need food, fertilizer, oil and other commodities to function.
The US has abdicated its ability to be a provider, a father, to the nations. This doesn't have to continue, but idiots like Democrats and Biden sure as hell don't have answers. I was skeptical of Trump's trade war against China, but in hindsight of the Evergrande debacle and the aggressive posture of China RMB as a reserve currency take over to USD, Trump was right.
Russia is proving to the world that the US cannot save it from the four horsemen.
If US wants to win this global war for hearts and minds, it better change quick, and show that it can stave off famines, plagues, and even wars. Which right now...it's lost on all three.
Right now Russia is proving that if you're an ally to the US, Russia can unleash a plague, a famine, or war upon you with impunity. And Russia is proving to the world that they maybe need to rethink who their "friends" are. The proselytizer of Democracy, or the hand that feeds you.
It all depends, and I say that honestly.
1. It is highly unlikely that any world nuclear power, is going to unleash nukes in the name of a 3rd country. Makes zero sense when you think about it. They will only use them when it is THEIR country attacked.
2. The American system, has been proven the BEST system for expansion over many decades as far as economic. If this was not factual, us starting from waaaaaaay behind as a young nation, we never would have caught, and surpassed virtually every country in the world. Therefore, if we are free, we will still outperform all other nations being controlled by BRILLIANT leaders, or those who think they are.
3. How many Americans actually believe we can just talk to these nations who are aggressive? We are one of the few exceptions to the rule on our planet. Throughout history, strongmen have always tried to impose their will on populations. Technology has improved dramatically, but human behavior has not! If America does not protect itself, nobody else will! While nobody likes this idea, it is fact.
4. We have our own problems to fix to move forward successfully. If choosing a European model was the way to go, then since they started out far in front of us, today they would be the superpower, not us. If not for former administrations selling tech to the Chinese, or turning a blind eye to their willfull theft of our technology, they would still be in the partial dark ages. That is on us, for who/whom we elect. There is no logic on us opening a new technologic lead, if all we do is sell it to them, or willfully allow them to steal what we discover through government ignorance/inaction to prevent it.
5. Everything aside, in the late 40s we could have taken out the Soviet Union any time we wanted to. We didn't! In the 50s and 60s, we could have taken out China at our own leisure if we wanted to. We didn't! In the 80's, Iran and the rest of the death to America crowd could have been rolled within a month, no sweat, just roll them, if we wanted to. Didn't do that either!
Now, if they get the advantage, how many Americans think they will afford us the same fate, to just stick around, because they are being nice while they wait for us to catch up!
Leftists could be very nice people, but their ideas STINK! We need to invigorate our country with every aspect of world goods, to insure we can not only supply ourselves, but our allies too. If their countries could do it, they would; but they can't! That is a testament to how our country works, Leftist craziness aside.
We as Americans either need to wake up, or risk waking up one day soon, only to find that what we thought was our worst nightmare.........Joe Biden..........is no longer in charge, and that instead, some guy named Chu, Woo, or Poo is now calling the shots; unless of course, we want to engage in nuclear war, and since we are between 2 oceans, what would they care if they couldn't use our land for 100 years or so. It would be isolated off their continents. They have all proven to be PRAGMATISTS, I am confident they would do it, IF they could get an advantage to survive, reasonably.
