Think about it, please...

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Boy, I cannot wait until the warmer mornings of spring.  

I have a nice little post about education and how we are so off base on what is needed to be that "great" country.  Until then, I would love if you saw the playbook that is being run on us today.  

Please take a look at the US, pre-WWII and the influence etc from Germany to try and keep us out of the war.  Even after Germany moved their sights on Britain, we had senators and congressman (many of them!) that were on the payroll of agents of Nazi Germany.  This my friends, is fact.  Do some historical research on individuals such as Earnest Lundeen - sound familiar:

"As Germany flew bombing raids over Great Britain in October 1939, Lundeen suggested it would be a good time for the U.S. to seize the British West Indies in return for unpaid war debts. Most in Congress thought that absurd, but Viereck was impressed." (https://www2.startribune.com/ernest-lundeen-george-sylvester-viereck-nazi-propaganda-world-war-2/600252419/)

You see, this "America First" playbook is old hat and if you dig deeper into the timeframe prior to WWII, you will find there was a large group of people trying to turn us into an authoritarian government.  There were overt anti-Semitic members of congress and many loud voices discussing us joining with Germany.

You see, we are always on the edge of authoritarianism.  Honestly, it is a social weakness of humans, we are lemmings and we continue to fall for the same BS, over and over.  Whatever you feel about Ukraine or the lead up to the war, Russia drove across a border and started direct hostilities.  

You want to say that we never asked Europe for a quid-pro-quo during WWII, but well... some unamerican German pawns in the congress and the senate - were not only asking for stuff, but they were outwardly agents of Nazi Germany.  

Were we great then?

For now, I'm good (MMGA)

- JJ

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