By now, you have surely heard that both the FedGov (DC) and Berlin (BRD – Germany) have decided to send 45 panzers (tanks) to the national-socialist regime in Ukraine. And not just any tanks, but the current generation of main battle tanks: 31 each M1A2 (unknown if they will have the SEPv4 enhancement) and 14 each Leopard 2A6. Uncle Joe announced it himself. Others may follow.
And the German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Wednesday said it was important for Western partners to coordinate military aid to Kyiv. “The crucial part is we do it together and we do not do the blame game in Europe because we are fighting a war against Russia and not against each other,” she said.
Of course, the French Foreign Ministry quickly contradicted that revealing and damning statement, according to Barrons. “We are not at war with Russia and none of our partners are,” ministry spokeswoman Anne-Claire Legendre said. “The delivery of military equipment… does not constitute co-belligerence.”
Except in the real world, it does.
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Home front: War?
Building on a recent commentary, the news, and talk shows are filled today (27 JAN 2023) with stories about violence in these Fifty States. Particularly, the news is filled with the attack on Paul Pelosi in San Francisco, while his wife was still US Speaker of the House. And the beating to death of a younger black motorist in Memphis, Tennessee, a couple of weeks ago. Of course, as always, the news is filled with reports of mayhem across the States: two mass killings by elderly Asian murderers in California, and many others. And of course, wars all over the planet, “official” or not.
Indeed, the “Gun Violence Archive” claims 45 “mass shootings” so far this month, although only 7 of those actually included a monster killing three or more people. And one of those was cops killing people during a gun battle – including (as I understand it) innocent bystanders. Several of those 7 were domestic murder-suicides, which is very sad.
When people look at the publicized numbers of “mass shootings” and then add all the one or two killed at a time (with guns, knives, etc.), it is easy to say that the States – or at least many of them – are involved in an internal war.
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