The globalists have been telling me for years that we are post-national, that borders are obsolete, etc. We have seen mass migration from the Middle East to Europe, and from central and South America to the US, and we’ve been told that this is good.
Now I’m supposed to actually care about a Westphalian nation state? I don’t get it.
The real world is not some intellectual tongue in cheek discussion between liberals and conservatives.
It is no surprise for me that westerners couldn’t care less about suffering of “other people”. You don’t need to invent complicated reasons why you do not care biggest war in Europe since 1940’s, or the lives of Eastern Europeans.
I never said I didn’t care about the suffering of other people. I said I don’t care about Ukraine.
I’ve read the CIA world fact book entry on it; I’ve listened to a lot of the rhetoric, and I just fail to see any interest there compelling enough to make me support war with Russia.
If “suffering” is the bar for involvement, why didn’t we do anything about Rwanda?
Why is it unethical for me not to support involvement in yet another war, when I’ve been lectured for the last two decades about how bad it is for my country to go to war. Seems like cherry picking.
The American public is tired of wars and the USA is not in financial shape to begin a multi trillion dollar war, especially if there is no compelling national interest. If Europe cares, let them fight the war.
If Putin attacks a NATO country then we should fulfill our treaty obligations.
Other than that, we can’t fix all the problems in the world.
Besides, we are extremely likely to end up in a war with China when they invade Taiwan; we do have a national interest there (semiconductor fabrication) and we can’t afford to be bogged down in Ukraine with that looming.
Now I’m supposed to actually care about a Westphalian nation state? I don’t get it.