4 September—With particular reference at this time to Ukraine, Israel, and the Republic of China (the good one, Taiwan), with friends like Joe Biden and Antony Blinken, who needs enemies? They’re not the only ones, mind you, but they’ll do for the moment.

The outrageous insult to non-Communist China (and the principle and practice of democracy), of course, dates all the way back to 1971 (the year before Richard Nixon sucked up to Communist China), when the United Nations dumped the good guys and replaced them with the reds—“the only legitimate government of China,” as the guilty resolution stated. With the full cooperation of the United States, to be sure. But Biden wasn’t even in the Senate then and Blinken was still in private elementary school, so we’ll give them a pass on that blunder.

But now the United States, with Biden and Blinken presumably leading the stalemate, is providing a fair amount of matériel and lots of lip service to Ukraine and Israel. The problem with Ukraine is not enough matériel provided, matériel provided too late, and too many restrictions placed on its use, particularly the one about not allowing tactical missile systems to be used to hit inside Russia. Half-assed support, to say the least. God forbid we should piss off Vladimir Putrid.

The problem with Israel, on the other hand, is the Hamas murderer-terrorists who have skillfully used their illegal and inhumane hostage strategy to manipulate the good guys’ sympathies, effectively putting all the blame on Israel for defending itself and putting the onus on the little Jewish state to commit suicide.

It’s another stalemate that—like it or not—favors the wrong side because Biden and Blinken, among others, are gutless pacifists who refuse to tread on the toes of dictatorships and conspiracies intent on taking over the world.

Peace certainly is desirable. But not at the expense of principle and freedom . . .