“Russia fought with us in WWIl and everybody hates them. And Germany and Japan, they’re fine—some day somebody will explain that . . . Everybody hates Russia and they love Germany and Japan…It’s a strange world.”
By his own account, he doesn’t understand. But it seems like important historical knowledge and context.
“Someday somebody will explain that.” Okay, today’s the day:
He says so much ■■■■ like this—-any individual example gets lost in the flood. Plus, I don’t think base-Republicans notice or care. But every once a while, my curiosity wins out on the off-chance someone does.
lol. the left doesnt think very “progressively.”. they cant envision all the “world peace” they blab on about. what they actually mean is “everybody just do what we say”
Russia doesn’t have anywhere near the history or culture the West has that we can expect anything other than constant rivalry from them, absent huge changes that take decades to happen.
And Japan needed to be conquered before it became friendly.
This is why we study history…to try and envision the future as opposed to just ride by the seat of our pants and hope for the best.