The Homeless Man’s Dollar: How Ukraine Aid Exposes Washington’s Broken Priorities
[Y]ou’re walking down the street, earning $25,000 a year, barely paying rent, you don’t have any extra money, and you see a homeless person. You feel a lot of sympathy and say, ‘My God, I have to go to the first bank and borrow $1,000 to give to a homeless person.’ No one thinks so. But, in fact, that’s exactly what we’re doing now.
With this, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) delivered one of the most devastating critiques of American foreign policy in a generation. This analogy cut through the fog of Washington’s war rhetoric like a scythe through wheat.
Fiscal insanity is now the hallmark of America’s elite-driven foreign policy. Furthermore, Paul’s analysis exposes the cruel arithmetic of empire: elites mortgage the futures of the nation’s children to fund conflicts that serve neither national interests nor national honor.
This is more than just accounting. It’s a clear indictment of a ruling class that has forsaken the core principle of governance: put your own people first.
On Monday’s War Room, Steve Bannon pointed out that the remnants of the KGB in Russia, the government in Kiev, and America’s foreign policy establishment all want this war to go on. This deserves serious consideration. However, we m
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