10 April—Today is the 84^th anniversary (the 84-year anniversary, as the semiliterati would have it) of Anschluss, the Austrian plebiscite affirming the political union of nondescript Austria and Hitler’s Germany. Anschluss is the German word for “union.”

Germany’s annexation of Austria in 1938 was allegedly supported by an incredible 99.7 percent of Austrians who voted in the referendum, with an unbelievable 99.7 percent turnout. Not that it matters, but wasn’t it Joe Stalin who allegedly opined (possibly in Georgian, but not the language of Jimmy Carter or Newt Gingrich), “Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything”?

There was relatively little negative reaction around the world to Anschluss, largely because countries like the United States, Great Britain, and France were having their own problems. But the Roosevelt administration didn’t take it lightly. Not that it matters.

Hitler was Austrian by birth, German by choice, having renounced his Austrian citizenship in 1925. But evidently he still had a soft spot for his Vaterland. Not really and not that it matters. More to the point, Anschluss gave the Nazis over six million more people to implement their strategy to dominate the world.

So what’s Vladimir Putrid’s excuse for invading, annexing, and occupying Crimea and trying to do it to all of Ukraine? First off, his only connection with Ukraine is through his oligarch pals, most of whom are at least part Ukrainian. Not to mention Jewish. One wonders whether any of them have discussed current events with Vlad or are as culpable as the allies are making them out to be.

Second, even though the vote tally in 1938 Austria is absolutely ridiculous, there was lots and lots of popular support for joining up with Germany. Now, certainly there was and is well over 80 percent support in Crimea for accession to Russia, especially among Crimea’s older ethnic Russians. And there’s quite a bit of support for Texas seceding from the union. (I’d recommend secession for Connecticut, too, if the state weren’t run by such idiots.)

But, even though it’s difficult to get accurate figures on support for Russia within Ukraine, it appears to be virtually nonexistent. For obvious reasons. A recent poll, for instance, found that 93 percent of the 1,000 people surveyed believed that Ukraine would be able to repel the Russian attack. And a phenomenal 90 percent supported President Zelenskyy.

Third, Putrid has made it clear that he wants to go back to the good old days of the dreaded Soviet Union. And that says it all.

So what are we—the alleged good guys—doing about it? The latest bullshit: Slovakia is giving its ancient Soviet-made S-300 anti-aircraft system to Ukraine after the United States has agreed to give Slovakia the latest Patriot missile system.

Come on. In the circumstance, wouldn’t it have made much more sense to give Patriot to Ukraine? Silly question. Sillier answer: Pentagon officials will not send the Patriot air-defense system to Ukraine because in that case U.S. forces would need to enter Ukraine to operate it. And that’s an absolute no-no for the misfits in the Biden administration.

It’s assumed that Russian forces won’t need to enter Ukraine to operate the S-300 missiles.

The only thing our current crop of Capitol cretins is good for is preposterous, largely worthless posturing—speaking loud and doing nothing . . .