Alexander Bryant

the n stands for nazi

Russian President Putin: "We know that both the Kyiv regime and its partners have resorted to openly terrorist methods. The reasons are obvious, they are clear to everyone. The enemy is unable to stop the advance of our troops, our men, along the line of contact. Every day, they are losing territory."

It’s a confidently asserted, complete misunderstanding of the discussions and attitudes in today’s leftist circles, based on some cherry picked writings of long dead men. Can you find some fringe weirdo saying this occasionally? I mean maybe, but be serious grown ups here.

Americans love banging on about the War of Independence. They’re quieter on the War of 1812. Here’s why. In 1812, America declared war on Britain. The plan was to march into Canada and annex it. Thomas Jefferson said it would be “a mere matter of marching.” It wasn’t. The Canadians sent them packing. Two years later, the British sailed up the Potomac. American forces collapsed at Bladensburg in what’s still called “the Bladensburg Races” because of how fast they ran. President Madison had already fled to Maryland. The British walked into Washington unopposed. They sat down in the White House, ate the dinner Dolley Madison had laid out for forty guests, used the President’s silver, then set fire to the building. Then they burned the Capitol, the Treasury and the Navy Yard. A freak thunderstorm put the fires out the next day. The British left when they were ready. It’s still the only time a foreign army has captured the US capital. You can see why it doesn’t come up much.

There’s a lot of big thingd I want from a big green state. But the small thing I want is banning coffee shops from charging extra for plant milk.