or synagogue on saturday it s always the battle between god and the devil. that is we versus evil. evil exists. evil persists which we could pass a law like they did at the league of nations and outlaw war. it s not going to be outlawed. that is the way it is. i would say as a big time taxpayer if we can support the ukrainians who are fighting this war like nobody could, to defend the rest of europe, that is what they are doing, to keep kids from being drafted that we are not meeting volunteer numbers, i say we keep at it and what president biden has done is a disgrace. there are certain weapons systems the ukrainians need to put a end to this war. i don t mean attack russia, biden is bleeding these people dry, not giving them the
russia was one of the founding countries, as the soviet union. you don t get much more fundamental than the idea that countries have a right not to be invaded by other countries, in the sense of the sort of built into the dna of the un after the failures of the league of nations, that this is something they have to stand up for, and there could not be more imitation of the worldwide significance of that. even though a number of countries have in the past chosen not to condemn the invasion. . , the past chosen not to condemn the invasion. ., , ., ., , ., invasion. that s right, what do you do when a invasion. that s right, what do you do when a permanent invasion. that s right, what do you do when a permanent member - invasion. that s right, what do you do when a permanent member ofl invasion. that s right, what do you i do when a permanent member of the security council, which is charged with maintaining international peace and security is the aggressor? it is the one who has v
with very well. but the fact of the matter is when wilson came back from paris with the league of nations treaty and versailles agreement, americans were largely supportive and it was, i would say, the brilliant if unfortunate legislative efforts by henry cabot lodge who was not a radical conservative republican. in fact, he had been an internationalist, but in order to defeat the democrats, in order to defeat woodrow wilson, in order to win the presidency in 1920, the republicans came out and opposed the treaty and had a huge impact on the subsequent american foreign policy. you ll be shocked to learn that politics played a huge role in our foreign policy decision making. hey, bob, congratulations on your latest volume. let me ask you a counter factual. what do you think the united states would have done in the 40s if japan had not attacked us at pearl harbor? would we have gotten involved in
On the morning of Dec. 7, 1904, Stephen A.D. Puter had just arrived at the office of U.S. Marshal Jack Matthews. He was expecting some friends to come by and
by sending these weapons, by sending these dollars we limit, we weaken this malignant force in the world and then i think these are smart folks and you can go to them and say, let s look at history here. 100 years ago we had this choice, we were given the opportunity to stay after the first world war in the 1920s in europe, we were given the opportunity to be part of the league of nations. what did we do united states, we came home. we went we followed that isolationist instinct that s part of our politics, of our politics, part of our dna. how did that worked out? we cracked the global economy, great depression, a line to fascism in world war ii, that s the line long answer, apologies, you need to listen, put truth in front of