The old saying “it’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog” is something that is clearly rejected by some, including some of our beloved Bereans, when considering Ukraine. I have called for victory, if that is what the Ukrainians want, and suggested that they […]
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Ukraine Fallacy Day 5: The war is unwinnable
10 Mar 2025
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This is a favorite one of the conservative leftists, who are following in the footsteps of their progressive leftists of the past in playing the “blame America first” game. If we would just not have been so threatening to Russia, if we would have realized their legitimate sensitivity of external threats since they’ve been historically […]
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Imagine last summer you were having a summer BBQ with your friends and family members on the 4th of July, and your gun-loving neighbor (he has a collection of hundreds of guns and ammunition to last through the next three armegeddons and civil wars) decides to invade your BBQ with his beer-drinking buddies and they […]
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This may be the easiest or the hardest fallacy to overcome, because the argument is incorrectly made. Of course we can continue to fund Ukraine. The question is do we want to. The fact that we cannot in total spending continue to spend $2T deficits forever does not mean we can’t spend some smaller amount […]
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Over the next few days I will write a series of posts on what’s happening with Ukraine, primarily to address comments that those that are opposed to continuing support Ukraine make. There is an isolationist case to be made–those that make it are not necessarily evil or lovers of Putin. Nevertheless Bereans already know that […]
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War Years Estimated U.S. Military Deaths American Revolutionary War 1775–1783 ~25,000 War of 1812 1812–1815 ~15,000 American Civil War (Union & Confederate) 1861–1865 ~620,000–750,000 World War I 1917–1918 ~116,516 World War II 1941–1945 ~405,399 Korean War 1950–1953 ~36,516 Vietnam War 1955–1975 ~58,220 Wars in Afghanistan & Iraq 2001–2021 ~6,892 It’s an easy argument. Those that […]
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Considering Russia’s Nuclear Threat
20 Nov 2024
In Romans 12:18, we are told to be at peace with all men, so far as it depends on you. There is a recognition that we only get to control one person–ourselves, and we don’t do that particularly well. There is a reason why self-control is so encouraged in the Bible, as it’s so little […]
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Harold Macmillan, former Prime Minister of the UK, was once asked what was the most difficult part of leading government, to which he replied, “Events, my dear boy, events.” In some cases events come at you unawares, e.g., Mr. Trump’s failed battle against Covid-19. Others come at least in part due to your own actions. […]
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Is it possible that the Republicans in Ukraine can do worse than Biden did in Afghanistan?
20 Feb 2024
Afghanistan was an unmitigated disaster for the U.S., and despite Mr. Biden’s protestations that it was a success, his approval rating steadily declined in the aftermath, and has never recovered. To be clear, there were many other Biden failures (specifically his inflationary spending and his incredibly wrong-headed vaccine mandate) that have led to this result, […]
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Who knows? President Biden has steadfastly failed to make a case for what his goals are, nor therefore explained how those goals are in our national interest. Ukraine war critics are right to ask serious questions, but they’re wrong to deny support in the absence of this case by Biden–our interest in seeing Putin’s aggression […]
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