I don’t think the USA will be drug into a wider war if Russia invades the Ukraine but it is worrisome. I can’t help thinking here we go again — another war. It seems the last thing that can garner some partisan agreement is war. Have a war when things go to shit. Why do Americans have to stick our noses into every quarrel in the world? We almost always screw it up. Nobody likes us afterwards because we screwed it up. And we pay an enormous amount in both lives and money for screwing it up.

Can we just agree not to stumble into another war. I mean if everything goes right and Putin backs down, won’t we have to station troops in the Ukraine to make sure the agreement sticks? More resources redirected to another country. More American lives on the line. For how long? That is a lousy ending as far as I am concerned.

People will say that as the country with the strongest military in the Western World, we somehow are obligated to rescue every country in trouble. I ask — why is that? Because we don’t want China or Russia taking on this bigger role of the world’s policeman. Why not? Being the policeman of the Western World has only been a burden to us and, if you forget World War II, mostly a failure and certainly a lot of money down the toilet. Let the Chinese and Russians drain their resources in a hopeless task for a while and see how they like it.

The Ukrainian people deserve our support in dealing with a bully neighbor. This one hurts. Of course, they do. They do. I know it but I just don’t have the energy for another war. Russia and the Ukraine are next door neighbors. The USA is thousands of miles away. Can some other country take the lead? Europe for instance. Wasn’t that the whole idea behind big Europe in the first place. A united Europe could take on a more significant role in the world. Take it. It is all yours.

All I know is take this cup from me.