IS OUR FUTURE BLEAK? (Updated on July 18, 2024)
Is Our Future Bleak? NOTE: I am updating this on July 18, 2024 After President Biden gave a good press conference on July 11, 2024, I am left both reassured and troubled. The reassuring part is this: we have a current president who understands foreign policy and that understanding is built on a long career in the United States Senate. It is also built on his own belief in the value of collective defense with allies. NATO stands as a shining example of a necessary defense treaty organization that is, in real-time, helping stem the advance of the new Russian Empire into Ukraine. President Biden is right: no one thinks that Putin would stop at Ukraine. The reason Finland and Sweden have both joined NATO since 2022 is that they know that Putin is dangerous. They know that a lot more than most Americans do about Putin and his intentions. And keeping NATO intact is vital to the stability of the West. That Joe Biden is the Joe Biden who gave complete answers about those s