Victor Davis Hanson

They're cheating. Get out of it. Mr. Trump, Mr. Trump, we've decided that this percentage of oil is, let's flood the world with cheap oil and bankrupt the SOB. Okay. Mr. Trump, Mr. Trump, the oligarchs are starting to proliferate. We need more. Yes, give them more sanction. That's what he did. And Putin didn't go anywhere. And then he leaves. And what did Biden do? So he canceled them.

They're cheating. Get out of it. Mr. Trump, Mr. Trump, we've decided that this percentage of oil is, let's flood the world with cheap oil and bankrupt the SOB. Okay. Mr. Trump, Mr. Trump, the oligarchs are starting to proliferate. We need more. Yes, give them more sanction. That's what he did. And Putin didn't go anywhere. And then he leaves. And what did Biden do? So he canceled them.

And then they said, Mr. Biden, President Biden, we're worried that Putin might be on the move again. Keep some hospitals at least off his target list. Mr. President Biden, that's not deterring him. What do we do if he invades? Well, it depends on his major invasion or not. Then they say, well, what do you do about the offensive weapons that Trump has already signed and when he left office?

And then they said, Mr. Biden, President Biden, we're worried that Putin might be on the move again. Keep some hospitals at least off his target list. Mr. President Biden, that's not deterring him. What do we do if he invades? Well, it depends on his major invasion or not. Then they say, well, what do you do about the offensive weapons that Trump has already signed and when he left office?

And then they said, Mr. Biden, President Biden, we're worried that Putin might be on the move again. Keep some hospitals at least off his target list. Mr. President Biden, that's not deterring him. What do we do if he invades? Well, it depends on his major invasion or not. Then they say, well, what do you do about the offensive weapons that Trump has already signed and when he left office?

After all, we're an administration that doesn't impound things. We may have impounded the wall funds, but that was a mistake. So what do we do with all this approved offensive? And then they said to him, well, he's invaded. What do we do? And that was what we did. Now, all of that is suddenly turned into Trump's fault right now. And that is absolutely crazy. They had no strategy.

After all, we're an administration that doesn't impound things. We may have impounded the wall funds, but that was a mistake. So what do we do with all this approved offensive? And then they said to him, well, he's invaded. What do we do? And that was what we did. Now, all of that is suddenly turned into Trump's fault right now. And that is absolutely crazy. They had no strategy.

After all, we're an administration that doesn't impound things. We may have impounded the wall funds, but that was a mistake. So what do we do with all this approved offensive? And then they said to him, well, he's invaded. What do we do? And that was what we did. Now, all of that is suddenly turned into Trump's fault right now. And that is absolutely crazy. They had no strategy.

Let me just go on this rant and finish. What are America's strategic aims there? So we know what we should be doing. Number one, we do not want to get into the middle of a European theater war. We do not want ground troops. We do not want to get in a war with Vladimir Putin. This is on Europe's doorstep. Number two, we want the Europeans.

Let me just go on this rant and finish. What are America's strategic aims there? So we know what we should be doing. Number one, we do not want to get into the middle of a European theater war. We do not want ground troops. We do not want to get in a war with Vladimir Putin. This is on Europe's doorstep. Number two, we want the Europeans.

Let me just go on this rant and finish. What are America's strategic aims there? So we know what we should be doing. Number one, we do not want to get into the middle of a European theater war. We do not want ground troops. We do not want to get in a war with Vladimir Putin. This is on Europe's doorstep. Number two, we want the Europeans.

Nine of the 32 NATO countries have never honored their 2% pathetic military. military expenditures of GDP. We want them all to make the 2%. We'd like to see three or four. They have an economy about 10 times larger than Russia, the EU, and the NATO countries. We want them to rearm and we want them to help Ukraine. And we want that Not because we're leaving NATO.

Nine of the 32 NATO countries have never honored their 2% pathetic military. military expenditures of GDP. We want them all to make the 2%. We'd like to see three or four. They have an economy about 10 times larger than Russia, the EU, and the NATO countries. We want them to rearm and we want them to help Ukraine. And we want that Not because we're leaving NATO.

Nine of the 32 NATO countries have never honored their 2% pathetic military. military expenditures of GDP. We want them all to make the 2%. We'd like to see three or four. They have an economy about 10 times larger than Russia, the EU, and the NATO countries. We want them to rearm and we want them to help Ukraine. And we want that Not because we're leaving NATO.

We want them to do that because they and us are threatened, as in World War II, by a rising Pacific belligerent. Not Japan this time, but China. And we need to use a lot of our forces to deter China from what? Being aggressive with Australia, South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan, and the Philippines. That's what we want to do. Number three, we would like to save the Ukrainian people.

We want them to do that because they and us are threatened, as in World War II, by a rising Pacific belligerent. Not Japan this time, but China. And we need to use a lot of our forces to deter China from what? Being aggressive with Australia, South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan, and the Philippines. That's what we want to do. Number three, we would like to save the Ukrainian people.

We want them to do that because they and us are threatened, as in World War II, by a rising Pacific belligerent. Not Japan this time, but China. And we need to use a lot of our forces to deter China from what? Being aggressive with Australia, South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan, and the Philippines. That's what we want to do. Number three, we would like to save the Ukrainian people.

We do not want him to absorb all of Ukraine. We do not want to see 600,000 more dead, wounded, missing, and captured. This is a humanitarian. So we want a ceasefire. And to achieve a permanent peace, there is no way that any president, past or present, ever said they were going to give the wherewithal to Ukraine to militarily attack. Invade Russia and take back Crimea and Donbass.

We do not want him to absorb all of Ukraine. We do not want to see 600,000 more dead, wounded, missing, and captured. This is a humanitarian. So we want a ceasefire. And to achieve a permanent peace, there is no way that any president, past or present, ever said they were going to give the wherewithal to Ukraine to militarily attack. Invade Russia and take back Crimea and Donbass.

We do not want him to absorb all of Ukraine. We do not want to see 600,000 more dead, wounded, missing, and captured. This is a humanitarian. So we want a ceasefire. And to achieve a permanent peace, there is no way that any president, past or present, ever said they were going to give the wherewithal to Ukraine to militarily attack. Invade Russia and take back Crimea and Donbass.