The Three Stooges & Ukraine
The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short subject films by Columbia Pictures. Their hallmark styles were physical farce and slapstick. ...The Stooges were often anti-heroical commentators on the class divisions and economic hardships of the Great Depression in the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Stooges
Two brief - videos of their work - making clear "their message" - are at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T52EZ7bMa9w&list=RDCMUCbUBzwcNAuIfIF4RjbG0TyQ&start_radio=
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Ukraine has had significant conflict between pro-Russian and pro-Western factions in the 2000's. Some examples of this are:
In November 2013, President Yanukovych did not sign the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement and instead pursued closer ties with Russia.[53][54] This move sparked protests on the streets of Kyiv. ... Following the violence, the Parliament turned against Yanukovych and on February 22 voted to remove him from power ... The conflict escalated rapidly, leading to the overthrow of the government of President Viktor Yanukovych and the setting up of a new government to replace it within a few days.[61] Yanukovych fled to Russia and is wanted in Ukraine for the killing of protesters.[62][63] Russia in particular holds that the transition was a "coup".[64][65][66]
... On March 4, 2020, due to a 1.5% drop in GDP (instead of a 4.5% increase at the time of the election), the Verkhovna Rada fired Honcharuk's government and Denys Shmyhal[88] became the new Prime Minister.[89]
Now let's move ahead towards #2!
We have made significant progress in my lifetime, but given the
reality of race relations in this country, which remain unresolved, I
believe an attorney general must demonstrate real leadership in this
area. I want someone in that position who will make vigorous
enforcement of civil rights a very high priority.
The single most important issue that pushed me to run for public
office was civil rights. My first job as a lawyer in 1968 was as a
public defender in the city of Wilmington.
I ended up representing a lot of the guys I lifeguarded as a
teenager. . .guys who grew up in the public housing area over on the
city's east side known as ``The Bucket.'' As the name implies, it was a
rough area.
And there weren't a whole lot of cops on the Wilmington police
force with the same color skin as the guys I was defending.
In 1968, when I graduated law school and became a public defender,
Wilmington, like lots of cities, was racially divided. There were
national guard troops on the streets.
I knew I couldn't change the world, or even what was happening in
``The Bucket,'' but I thought I could make a difference, and I hope I
have.https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-107shrg76342/html/CHRG-107shrg76342.htmForty years ago, a contentious battle over racial justice gripped Capitol Hill, pitting the nation’s lone African American senator against the man who would one day become Barack Obama’s vice president. The issue was school busing, a plan to transport white and black students out of their
neighborhoods to better integrate schools—and at the time the most explosive issue on the national agenda.
Ed Brooke, a Massachusetts Republican, was the first black senator ever to be popularly elected; Joe Biden was a freshman Democratic senator from Delaware. By 1975, both had compiled liberal voting records. But that year, Biden sided with conservatives and sponsored a major anti-busing amendment. The fierce debate that followed not only fractured the Senate’s bloc of liberals, it also signified a more wide-ranging political phenomenon: As white voters around the country—especially in the North—objected to sweeping desegregation plans then coming into practice, liberal leaders retreated from robust integration policies.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/04/joe-biden-integration-school-busing-120968/
Biden stated,I believe in 1975, that we needed to come up with a new strategy to replace mandated busing to integrate our public schools. I challenge you to tell me What he's come up with over the past 46+ years as a "Civil Rights Advocate"
I have heard very little about Joe Biden pushing for democracy in Saudi Arabia - a key U.S. ally.
I have heard Nothing of Joe Biden pushing for democracy for Palestinians in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza?
"Democracy" appears to be a "selective value".
Russia is "wrong" for invading Ukraine. Agreed!
When the U.S. assassinates an "Islamist Terrorist" in the Middle East that is "different" - because - well it is different - because we were threatened by him.
Is Russia wrong to feel threatened by the idea of Ukraine joining NATO?
Strangely - after pushing for Ukraine joining NATO - suddenly - after the recent invasion - we don't want Ukraine being in NATO now.
Why?
Well, if Ukraine is in NATO, U.S. troops will be required to be an active part of the current war - a membership obligation we have to defend all NATO allies.
But 75+% of Americans - oppose U.S. troops in the War!
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