History can teach us some things about the Ukraine war: no-fly zones, nation-building, and regime-change just make things worse.
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April 5, 2022 • Weekly Newsletter
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History Should Be Our Guide in Ukraine ([link removed])
Victor Davis Hanson (American Greatness)
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History can teach us some things about the Ukraine war: no-fly zones, nation-building, and regime-change just make things worse. But history is, in one respect, on our side in Eastern Europe. When it ventures abroad, the Russian military fails: 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War, 1919-1921 Polish War, 1939 invasion of Finland—and now Ukraine. How about this time we let history take its course and avoid World War III? READ MORE » ([link removed])
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Lawrence A. Kudlow (New York Sun)
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Bruce Gilley (Wall Street Journal)
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World leaders announced a new global corporate minimum tax—and just revealed how they wish that tax to be implemented. But it shouldn’t be. Europe just wants to tax U.S. countries to raise revenue, not help poor countries. Besides, when the GOP takes control of Congress in November, the Biden Administration won’t be able to implement the tax. We should just scrap it. The U.S. already has plenty (way too many) tax laws as it is. READ MORE » ([link removed])
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Ukraine War Reintroduces U.S. Politicians to the Second Amendment ([link removed])
Stephen P. Halbrook (Washington Times)
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Will Putin’s military overrun Ukraine like Hitler’s army overran France in 1940—or will Kyiv become Mr. Putin’s Stalingrad? If the latter, no small part will be played by Ukraine’s estimated 3.5 million unregistered firearms. Are U.S. politicians who hate the Second Amendment paying attention? READ MORE » ([link removed])
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Donald J. Boudreaux (AIER)
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Remember the Iron Curtain, behind which, for decades, enslaved millions yearned for freedom? How about the rejoicing when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989? Why does anybody today, then, clamor for socialism? What do such persons not know? Besides the very springs of human action, politics, and economics, try the blood-soaked history of the 20th century. And, thanks to Mao’s spawn in China, much of the 21st in Asia.... READ MORE » ([link removed])
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