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Are you kidding? The lefties here at DP are panty waste. I wouldn’t count on them for anything.From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Like most Americans, I’ve spent the last few weeks contemplating the implications of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, including those that extend beyond ever-increasing gasoline prices and grocery bills.
As I was explaining to my inquisitive 6-year-old, war is, sadly, a perennial state of human existence.
This isn’t the first war of her lifetime, and no matter how much we strive for peace throughout the world, it won’t be the last.
But unlike the wars of the recent past — even those in which U.S. troops were committed — the fight in Ukraine feels closer to home.
The images and stories of ordinary men taking up arms, of women constructing Molotov cocktails in their town squares and of families resolutely hunkering down in defense of their nation are as terrifying as they are compelling.
They are hopeful, too.
They remind us that when their culture, freedoms and way of life are under assault, many people will risk and even lose their own lives to ensure their long-term survival.
What would we do in such circumstances? A recent Quinnipiac University poll posed that same question to Americans: Would you stay and fight or leave the country?
A bare majority, 55 percent, said they would stay and fight, while 38 percent said they would leave.
COMMENT:-
If the Fort Worth Star-Telegram wants money to read the article, you can read it HERE for free.
I think a lot of us would stay..left and right. We may argue now but mess with us and we're a joined force to be reckoned with.Are you kidding? The lefties here at DP are panty waste. I wouldn’t count on them for anything.
Pure trash comment....Are you kidding? The lefties here at DP are panty waste. I wouldn’t count on them for anything.
My father was far more left than me. When Pearl Harbor was bombed, he enlisted in the Army the next day, Monday, Dec 8, 1941.Are you kidding? The lefties here at DP are panty waste. I wouldn’t count on them for anything.
Excerpt from the article:
Further disheartening is that the youngest Americans, those ages 18-34 and most physically capable, were even less likely to stay and fight. Only 45% said they would remain, while 48 percent would flee.
Comparatively, two-thirds of the 50-to-64-year-old cohort said they would remain.
Say's a lot about the younger crowd.
From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Like most Americans, I’ve spent the last few weeks contemplating the implications of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, including those that extend beyond ever-increasing gasoline prices and grocery bills.
As I was explaining to my inquisitive 6-year-old, war is, sadly, a perennial state of human existence.
This isn’t the first war of her lifetime, and no matter how much we strive for peace throughout the world, it won’t be the last.
But unlike the wars of the recent past — even those in which U.S. troops were committed — the fight in Ukraine feels closer to home.
The images and stories of ordinary men taking up arms, of women constructing Molotov cocktails in their town squares and of families resolutely hunkering down in defense of their nation are as terrifying as they are compelling.
They are hopeful, too.
They remind us that when their culture, freedoms and way of life are under assault, many people will risk and even lose their own lives to ensure their long-term survival.
What would we do in such circumstances? A recent Quinnipiac University poll posed that same question to Americans: Would you stay and fight or leave the country?
A bare majority, 55 percent, said they would stay and fight, while 38 percent said they would leave.
COMMENT:-
If the Fort Worth Star-Telegram wants money to read the article, you can read it HERE for free.
What, that they are less prone to meaningless chest thumping?
Nobody really knows what they’d do until and unless they are actually put in that situation. It is laughably easy to brag on about what a glorious fighter you’d make when you know there’s no actual risk involved.
Nice strawmanMy father was far more left than me. When Pearl Harbor was bombed, he enlisted in the Army the next day, Monday, Dec 8, 1941.
It's a mistake to think conservatives are more patriotic than liberals. No liberals invaded the Capitol to overturn an election they didn't like.
Actually the US has been in the situation that Ukraine is in.Thing is, the US would never be in the situation Ukraine is in....so it is a rather dumb question.
When push comes to shove, most people would attempt in some way to repel an invader, but they don't know before it happens.
Yes, but not quite directly what it says. What it says is: that is how they are encouraged to view themselves.Excerpt from the article:
Further disheartening is that the youngest Americans, those ages 18-34 and most physically capable, were even less likely to stay and fight. Only 45% said they would remain, while 48 percent would flee.
Comparatively, two-thirds of the 50-to-64-year-old cohort said they would remain.
Say's a lot about the younger crowd.
It's a mistake to think conservatives are more patriotic than liberals. No liberals invaded the Capitol to overturn an election they didn't like.
Some would but, as we see with the overall response to Ukraine, the VAST majority of Americans would sit around with their thumbs up their asses waiting for the government to send them a stimulus check. I mean, if America was attacked by a nuclear power the LAST thing we'd want to do is defend ourselves because that might piss the attacker off and start a nuclear war.From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Like most Americans, I’ve spent the last few weeks contemplating the implications of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, including those that extend beyond ever-increasing gasoline prices and grocery bills.
As I was explaining to my inquisitive 6-year-old, war is, sadly, a perennial state of human existence.
This isn’t the first war of her lifetime, and no matter how much we strive for peace throughout the world, it won’t be the last.
But unlike the wars of the recent past — even those in which U.S. troops were committed — the fight in Ukraine feels closer to home.
The images and stories of ordinary men taking up arms, of women constructing Molotov cocktails in their town squares and of families resolutely hunkering down in defense of their nation are as terrifying as they are compelling.
They are hopeful, too.
They remind us that when their culture, freedoms and way of life are under assault, many people will risk and even lose their own lives to ensure their long-term survival.
What would we do in such circumstances? A recent Quinnipiac University poll posed that same question to Americans: Would you stay and fight or leave the country?
A bare majority, 55 percent, said they would stay and fight, while 38 percent said they would leave.
COMMENT:-
If the Fort Worth Star-Telegram wants money to read the article, you can read it HERE for free.
That only happened because of a superior force being next door in what is Canada today and it was 200 freaking years ago....Actually the US has been in the situation that Ukraine is in.
Of course, the US started the war which resulted in foreign troops (in appreciable numbers) actually counter-attacking into American territory. (And that was a war where all of the American grievances had been resolved before the US declared war and invaded the other country. [Well, OK, so the US government didn't know that the grievances had already been resolved until six weeks after it declared war, but the US didn't stop the war for another 18+ months.])
In that war, the American troops frequently refused to fight because their "enlistment contract" didn't require them to do so.
Does the above give you a clue?
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