re: Shapiro Is a Little Snake in the Grass

When you actually look at that, he’s not being logical.

In what way does the war in Ukraine threaten western supply chains. It doesn’t. He states that Russia invading its neighbors is a problem for us, but he presents this out of context, what were we doing in Ukraine and Georgia, he’s telling us how the Russians reacted but not what we did to provoke them, and he doesn’t establish why these invasions hurts us. Ultimately Georgia and Ukraine are irrelevant to our existence as Americans. What the Russians do there doesn’t matter to us.

He does make the credibility argument (honor) and says that if we fail to defend Ukraine, it makes an invasion of Taiwan more likely. That is true to some extent, but we are to blame for this. Our policies sparked the war in Ukraine, and unfortunately for Ukraine, and for us, this is not a war we can win. Russias human and material resources are an insurmountable advantage. Losing will be a mark against our honor, but we did this to ourselves and there’s nothing we can do prevent it. It’s also better to cut bait than invest in failure at this point. Further, if we’re serious about Taiwan, we should be investing in the navy and our shipyards.