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The Case for Sovereignty
Deciphering America’s surrender to globalization.
February 14 2025
During the recent diplomatic foray by the T**** administration, one did not hear the term “sovereignty” mentioned by the American delegation led by Vice President Vance (1). Instead, what one heard were platitudes like “freedom,” “rationality,” “common sense.”
There was more talk about how to achieve peace, than there were options for maintaining borders. More talk about ‘re-examining, sorting and transacting/measuring’ America’s participation in a free and secure Europe, than about a common will to support democratic institutions and societies.
Obvious even to the casual observer was that the American delegation was signaling a retreat from previous commitments by the Biden Administration to supporting Ukraine’s future. But when and how far would America go to dismantle the efforts of mutual support, to abrogate moral responsibility for a sovereign Ukraine?
T**** knows how to channel self-loathing and self-humiliation to benefit himself and his cronies. T**** knows the political capital gained by channeling humiliation of the MAGA mindset.
T**** and his tribe know something else: the Democrats won’t stop him. Not because the Democrats don’t have the votes, but because the Democrats so far lack leadership…
