“Peace in our times.”
Neville Chamberlain (September 30, 1938)
Russian president Vladmir Putin, arrived at the Anchorage summit with President Trump with no intention of entertaining a “cease fire”; convinced his easily-manipulated counterpart could be pressured to convince President Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s conditions for a peace agreement.
Rather than following through on …
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“I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours”
Donald Trump
For close to a year, former president Donald Trump has bragged that if elected in 2024 he would end the war in Ukraine “in one day” and the “deal would be easy.” When pressed as to how he might …
Posted on September 4, 2020 by Dick .
“Do the unexpected. Take 20 minutes out of your day, do what young people all over the world are dying to do: vote.”
Rick Mercer
John Locke, a 17th century English philosopher attacked the doctrine of the “divine right of kings”, arguing legitimate governments depend on the consent of the governed. A …