Re: OT: Cracking Speech by JDV!

On 2/16/2025 9:32 AM, Liz Tuddenham wrote:

I know, but he thinks he rules most of the World and NATO will fall
apart without him.  Then, once the unity is broken, he can manipulate
the individual countries in any way that suits him.

That works only until ONE country doesn't knuckle under.  He has
learned that he must rely on rhetoric far more than he would like
because folks have reminded him that there are consequences TO
HIS BASE of many of his actions.
Note how many of the "... on day one" promises have quietly slipped
by without happening.

We need to make ourselves as independent of America as quickly as
possible so as to be free to fight whatever threat appears without being
coerced because our food supplies and military equipment depend on doing

There, the problem is folks who RELIED on the US for a "free(r) ride"
instead of maintaining their independence all along.  Once you
start being someone's "lap dog", it's hard to shake off that dependence.
It will be interesting to see how Putin adjusts to his new DEPENDENCE
on Iran, China, North Korea.  One has to wonder when THEY will start
turning the screws on The Pasty One.  He's already admitted (by his
actions) that he has neither the manpower nor the technology to impose
himself on the world at large (or, even the "world at little").
When might some "breakaway republic" decide they can make trouble for
him and force him deeper onto the lap of his new masters?

what Trump wants.  Can you see the present UK polticians taking the lead
and taking the population along with them?  It will only happen when
things have become so bad that we are clutchng at straws.

There are no free lunches.  You TRADE something for some OTHER thing.
When you realize the "externalities" associated with that trade is
a sign of your decision making maturity.