Humans
differentiate on location and association. We change location to meet
association and change association to meet location. Two material conditions of
the US constitution were taxing whiskey[i]
and protecting slavery[ii].
The document is designed to frustrate popular will. Political parties are
intended to ameliorate that frustration. We now have a small group of
Republicans preventing the passage of a popular defense bill that contains
appropriations for Ukraine and Israel.
America has
always been a nation of divided loyalties. Some Americans have loyalty to
Mother Russia. That is an influence. There is also a material cause.
Republicans
focus on the border while ignoring immigration policy. Republicans like
undocumented immigrants who know their place. Republicans terrorized the
undocumented immigrant’s children when it looked like they may get status and
eventually become voters. That’s when Mexicans got insulted and the fruit
rotted on the ground and stores close on Mondays. Removal of the undocumented
marginal base rate was the start of our new wage inflation. [iii]
Republicans
don’t like refugees. Refugees have status. Refugees can’t just do as they are
told, drive the truck or whatever because it endangers their status. Republican
Catholic Charities make such a mess of Venezuelans and Cubans, with our tax
money.[iv]
Ukrainians
immigrate fine.
Our Mexicans
have gotten funny:
-Hey I was
undocumented. What makes you so special? This is America. This is how we do it.
Our
immigration system screens for privileged, refugees, and lawbreakers.
US created
the Venezuelan and Cuban refugees with our sanctions.[v]
Holding the
border is futile. If we were serious about stopping undocumented, we would do
what every other country does and go after their employers. We are not serious.
We want our slaves. If our undocumented had status they would no longer be
valuable.
The reason
Congress is waving around this nonissue is they expect to get paid. US has
already gotten what we came for: we are now the junior partner with Qatar
supplying natural gas to Europe. That’s why we blew up the pipeline.[vi]
That incentive is gone. The other incentive was arms sales.
Ukraine’s
recent loss on the battle field did not receive the same publicity or doting
analysis of its victories. Our stupid generals babbled about combined units,
poor Ukraine listened and ran into Russian smart mines losing a lot of people.
Warfare has
changed. Find a video of a shoulder launched missile. If that large rocket was
still being aimed and fired as a bazooka, the operator would be a twisted
cinder. Instead, the rocket pops out of the tube, drops slightly and then takes
off. When the operator is aiming, they are giving the missile directions, the
missile then knows what to do. The missile could circle the tank and knock on
the hatch. They are keeping it shoulder launched just to be retro. Modern
missiles, radio-controlled craft, programmable mines are only limited by programmers’
imagination and fuel.
Russia may
not have the particular missile or whatever to take out our fancy weapons
system, but someone will want to sell them some just to see if it works.
Ukraine wants kits they can adapt to circumstance. Now that Ukraine has lost
interest in buying expensive weapons systems to support combined units and our
manufacturers don’t want their systems publicly popped killing sales, that Congressional
incentive is also gone.
As to
Israel. If there was stability Gaza Marine, a large natural gas field next to Gaza,
close to Europe would be developed. US and Qatar are in no hurry for that
competition.
With no one
to grease the bill, Congress is sucking on a dry teat. Democrats accuse
Republicans of losing Ukraine. This assumes the American public has that much
memory. My guess is that Ukraine and Israel will do just fine without our help
which is another embarrassment.
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