When George Bush made the decision to invade Iraq, Colin Powell allegedly gave him a stern warning. “If you win it, you own it.” The point being that if Bush succeeded in Iraq, which was likely, he would end up owning the results for what followed. Whether Powell actually said that or not, the prophecy was true. Defeating Saddam Hussein and overthrowing the government of Iraq was relatively easy. But Bush inherited a mess that to a large extent still remains unresolved. While some people in Iraq celebrated freedom, others chose to launch a campaign of terror in response. When Bush left office, Iraq was reasonably stable, but only after a great cost to the U.S. Then President Obama just withdrew all our troops, with no conditions, and the result was ISIS.  Few would argue that Iraq, dominated by ISIS was anything resembling a success.

The point being that even if Putin wins in Ukraine, which is increasingly in dispute, what will he actually win. He has succeeded in destroying an unbelievable amount of property and has displaced reports of over 2.7 million people. But if Ukraine surrendered tomorrow, what on earth would or even could Putin do with the remains? There are still over 40 million people in Ukraine, many of them are very well educated and all of them hate Putin. This is not exactly going to be a place of peace and harmony. Who on earth is going to rebuild what has been destroyed? Russia? Please! The Western World, which rebuilt Germany after World War II is not about to rebuild Ukraine if Putin is in charge. In the meantime, Putin is going to be trying and probably failing to revive the already faltering Russian economy. Putin has already been a success at destroying. There seems to be no possibility that he will be successful in managing the results. Odds are that only by removing Putin will anyone be willing to help restore Ukraine and even then, it will take years.

So how did this happen? The answer, sadly, is that the Democratic Party and their fawning supporters in the MSM were successful in destroying Donald Trump, but the cost was putting Joe Biden in power. The entire world is paying a very high price for that mistake. To some extent it doesn’t matter if the election was stolen through fraud or merely by deliberate and continuous misrepresentation. The result is the same. The DNC and the MSM colluded to defeat Donald Trump. Congratulations, you own it.

The cost is becoming more obvious by the hour. Unfortunately, under our constitution, the people who engineered this masterpiece are left with few options to fix it. No one considers replacing Joe Biden with Kamala Harris to be an option. Few could drink enough to stomach President Nancy Pelosi. It appears the only option is to let this play out for another two years and eight months and hope someone capable shows up in November of 2024 with a plan to fix this. There will be a lot to fix.

Things are already changing. Republicans are going to trounce Democrats during the midterms, but then to some extent they will also inherit at least some of the problems. I really can’t predict how this all ends. It is hard, perhaps impossible, to imagine Joe Biden lasting another two years and eight months. It is hard to imagine anyone, in either party, tolerating Kamala Harris. There is even less chance people will tolerate Dr. Jill acting as President similar to what happened during the last couple years of the Woodrow Wilson administration. Neither party will accept that. Unfortunately we know a lot about the wrong answers with few hints of a real solution anytime soon.

Garth Brooks wrote a song called “Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers.” Perhaps that helps put this in perspective. A lot of people prayed for the defeat of Donald Trump, because they didn’t like his hair and his mean tweets. Well, they got their wish, and everyone is paying the price. The question here is who were they praying to? Many of them don’t even believe in God. Perhaps, this is all a reminder of who is actually in charge. Two things Russia and the Democratic Party have in common is a determined movement away from trusting God. The woke movement tolerates anything and everything, except God fearing church going people. Freedom of religion in Russia means freedom only as long as you support the government. How did that work out?

I do not know what will happen but I do know who is actually in control. I think we will all look back on this, with amazement, because ultimately, in spite of the best efforts of people like Putin and Biden, evil is its own reward. When it wins, it loses. Chaos is always temporary. Sometimes it lasts much longer and does much more damage than anyone thought possible, but it always ends. The reason is quite simply because chaos builds nothing. Nothing will change until the good guys take over, and once again clean up the mess left by others. That day is coming, probably sooner than you think. Unfortunately, we seldom learn the most important lessons until we learn the full cost of ignoring the importance of distinguishing between right and wrong, and between might and right.

In a way, only one person is likely to benefit from this, and that is Donald Trump. Joe Biden just may make him the most popular former President in history. That does not mean that he will ever be President again. A lot of things, including his age, may prevent that. But few will argue the simple truth, that sometimes: “You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Til Its Gone.” The good news is that more and more people are waking up to what is gone. The question is, who or what is going to bring it back?

TDM