Trump strikes again

I attach this link for your perusal: https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-says-us-should-just-mark-its-planes-with-chinese-flag-and-bomb-russia

Every time a Republican complains about Biden being too old and weak to hold his position, I stop and think: would I make the same decision today. After thinking about it for a second and a half, I come back with a resounding yes. When I read that Trump thinks the American military should disguise our planes like Chinese planes and then bomb the Russians you know that you are definitely better off with Slow Joe.

I don’t know where to begin there is so much wrong with what Mr. Trump is saying. But I will put this one out first: Who would believe that the Chinese would bomb the Russians? I didn’t know that there was that much animosity between the two that would warrant an attack. Why would the Chinese suddenly and without provocation attack the Russians? Wouldn’t this cause someone in the Russian government to think something is a bit fishy.

Modern technology. Radar would point fingers in the right direction and then, fairly quickly, the Russians would, through the other wonders of modern technology, figure out who the real culprit was. So we would move from one nuclear power a little pissed at us but nowhere near mad enough to go nuclear to two nuclear powers really pissed at us and more than willing to press the nuclear button.

Nuclear fallout. Mr. Trump thinks it is a good idea to provoke the Chinese and the Russians into a shooting nuclear war. Yes, I can see that he might experience a small cathartic thrill of eliminating two rivals in one swoop but the rest of us would suffer from the radioactive material blowing across Europe and Asia. And we aren’t talking Chernobyl levels, we are talking a nuclear fallout from two well armed nuclear powers. It won’t be pretty for anyone.

Ethical. The Chinese government is evil. But we are risking the Russians launching nuclear warheads on the Chinese people. Millions of innocent people could die based on our trickery.

More ethical. If we bomb a country, and by doing it, putting the whole world in danger — we need to have the balls to admit it. Though I don’t think it is wise, given the present circumstances, I can see a case for bombing the Russians. They are behaving like a bunch of assholes and, if Putin didn’t have nuclear arms, the Russians would be facing more than just sanctions right now. A country of our size and stature needs to come clean when we use our power in war. We need to show we have nothing to hide and we had good reasons.

One more ethical consideration. Besides the whole world is watching. Someone somewhere will figure it out. Until they do, good people will have to lie to protect the lie. And, what happens when someone can prove it was a lie? It is lie upon lie upon lie. Not all people are as comfortable with lying as Mr. Trump and it is terrible to needlessly put them in that position of having to lie.

This man was our president.

So, when some nitwit says Biden voters need to apologize for our choice, I say make me. Biden was not my first choice, Hell, he wasn’t even my one hundredth choice, but I can say I am happy with my vote. Joe may be slow but, at least, he isn’t an unprincipled idiot.

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