| | ::Elon Musk is a libertarian and not a conservative. There is a lot of pro-Trump and anti-Desantis sentiments at the wiki so DeSantis is out. Both Conservative SCOTUS judges minus Roberts or Rand Paul make sense. | | ::Elon Musk is a libertarian and not a conservative. There is a lot of pro-Trump and anti-Desantis sentiments at the wiki so DeSantis is out. Both Conservative SCOTUS judges minus Roberts or Rand Paul make sense. |
| − | ::Doug MacGregor appeared on Russia Today and he takes Russia's position in the Russia-Ukraine war. I will explain why I am against MacGregor being the conservative of the year. George Washington said "It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world." I take the position that the USA should not take any position in the Russia-Ukraine war as both sides are corrupt/authoritarian and Putin is hated by some of our allies (For example, the UK has met their NATO obligations so I would consider the UK to be an ally and not merely a protectorate. Also, Poland will raise defence spending to the equivalent of 5% of GDP, ruling party chairman Jarosław Kaczyński has announced so they are an ally and not a protectorate.) I argue that the Europeans who have a population of 446.8 million should handle the Ukraine issue since it is in their backyard. In addition, Europe has been slackers for decades in terms of their defense. After the dust settles, given the threat of China that will exist for awhile as far as unfair trade practices, intellectual property theft, their increasing agression in the China Sea and exporting of authoritarian systems/technology to other countries and their threats against Taiwan (China has the worst aging population problem in the world and a ton of debt so their economy is headed for trouble so the threat of China will diminish once their economic system has a ton of problems), it makes sense for the USA to have friendlier relations with Russia after the Russia-Ukraine War settles. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 13:15, December 15, 2022 (EST) | + | ::Doug MacGregor appeared on Russia Today and he takes Russia's position in the Russia-Ukraine War. I will explain why I am against MacGregor being the conservative of the year. George Washington said "It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world." I take the position that the USA should not take any position in the Russia-Ukraine war as both sides are corrupt/authoritarian and Putin is hated by some of our allies (For example, the UK has met their NATO obligations so I would consider the UK to be an ally and not merely a protectorate. Also, Poland will raise defence spending to the equivalent of 5% of GDP, ruling party chairman Jarosław Kaczyński has announced so they are an ally and not a protectorate.) I argue that the Europeans who have a population of 446.8 million should handle the Ukraine issue since it is in their backyard. In addition, Europe has been slackers for decades in terms of their defense. After the dust settles, given the threat of China that will exist for awhile (unfair trade practices, intellectual property theft, their increasing agression in the China Sea, exporting of authoritarian systems/technology to other countries and their threats against Taiwan), it makes sense for the USA to have friendlier relations with Russia after the Russia-Ukraine War settles. China poses a temporary threat as it has the worst aging population problem in the world and a ton of debt so their economy is headed for trouble. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 13:20, December 15, 2022 (EST) |