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RUSSIA’S THREAT TO THE WORLD

PUTIN IS A BAD DUDE. BUT HE IS NOT SUICIDAL. INVADING A NATO COUNTRY IS NOT PART OF HIS AGENDA

by REBEKAH KOFFLER

THE PRIMARY REASON FOR CON-tinuing to flow billions of dollars in cash and weaponry to Ukraine, for what is clearly becoming another Afghanistan, is that if we don’t, Vladimir Putin will march through Europe, invading a NATO country such as Poland or the Balkans. In this case, the U.S. would have to deploy armed forces to fight off the Russians to defend the Europeans. These are the talking points that the Washington Establishment politicians and their fellow commentariat members in the media have been using to convince the American people to continue parting with their hard-earned money. Even Speaker Mike Johnson, who as a rank-and-file right-wing congressman opposed the funding of Ukraine’s war effort, recently signed off on another massive foreign aid package, $95 billion worth, the bulk of which is designated for Kyiv.

“I think that Vladimir Putin would continue to march through Europe if he were allowed,” said Johnson, justifying the spending of another $61 billion on what serious analysts assess as a unwinnable war. “I think he might go to the Balkans next. I think he might have a showdown with Poland

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