I have been writing this article in my head for the past week, and now that Ukraine has been invaded and perhaps by now, conquered, my thoughts remain the same, and they are that the level of dissent in the United States of America plays directly into the hands of the leaders of Russia and China and so threatens the freedoms of Americans in the future. Russia and China have entered into a mutual aid pact that has as a major goal the lessening of America’s power in the world. Putin and Xi Jinping each want the same thing—more. More Russia, more China, more power. They each feel that their historic territories have been compromised and that they deserve to have them back. For Putin this means Ukraine for now and other nations later. For Xi it is Taiwan. Some in America say, “so what?” It’s no business of ours. Except that it is our business because Putin and Xi have made it so. It is complex, but it boils down to two men who want absolute power. It is unknown whether they represent the feelings of the people they lead because they control the media. It is also immaterial because neither of them cares.
