The 2nd Amendment is obsolete, if not a mistake in the first place (What is the American Revolution, anyway?). However, let’s leave it alone for now, or we may face another civil war (America: Guns vs. Slavery). Instead, reform our failing political system, as I have suggested (History 2.0 – China’s Comeback vs. America’s Decline)!
America has been widely regarded as “Jeffersonian” throughout its history so far. But Jeffersonian American is deeply in trouble (Has Jeffersonian America Run Its Course?). Therefore it is time to critically assess Thomas Jefferson!
On 2/24/2022, Russia launched a war against Ukraine. Most Americans reacted fiercely against Russia, without reasoning. This is just like they did in the wake of the 9/11/2001 attacks on America!
It’s time to compare the two events, as well as the two respective American reactions.
At the end of the American Revolution, America inherited two big issues from Britain:
The solutions may be the same too: addressing each via a civil war!
Among America’s Founding Fathers, no one has seen his fortune rise more dramatically over the past few years than Alexander Hamilton. Two highlights:
But I think he deserves much more attention and recognition, particularly in terms of having an enduring vision for America, especially when compared with Thomas Jefferson.
*** This post was published on June 2, 2021. It reads well today, if “San Jose” is simply replaced with “Texas” (Texas shooting: How a sunny Uvalde school day ended in bloodshed).
Another mass shooting (San Jose shooting leaves 9 dead). Again the flag is half-staff at the White House (‘Enough’: Biden urges Congress to pass gun control bills after lowering flag for latest mass shooting). Still another ‘all-talk without action’ by American politicians … Gov. Newsom asks, ‘What the hell is wrong with us?’ following San Jose shooting.
It’s guns, stupid!
Both Presidents George W. Bush and Joe Biden lied outrageously about wars!
Here is a recent news story: George W. Bush called Iraq War ‘unjustified and brutal.’ He meant Ukraine. Below is an excerpt:
It was the “decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq,” former president George W. Bush said Wednesday before quickly correcting himself, saying he meant to describe Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine.
“Iraq, too, anyway,” he added under his breath to laughter from the audience during a speech at his presidential center in Dallas.
I have been thinking about writing on this subject for quite some time. The latest CNN Special (“Fareed Zakaria: Inside the Mind of Putin”) pushed me over the edge.
They did three big things:
Let me elaborate on each …
