Of Boiling and Jumping Frogs

Our rulers think they have anesthetized those portions of the population they have not simply bought off. They might find that there is quite a lot of jump left in the frog yet.

In early March 2020, if Anthony Fauci had said that we were about to shut down the economy for two years, force people to wear paper masks, "Socially distance," and forcibly prevent people from going to church, or visiting their dying friends and relatives, there might well have been a revolt.

Suddenly, every failure could be blamed on Putin, on Russia, on someone or something other than the senile incompetents running the United States.

Gas prices at eye-watering levels? Blame it on Putin, even though it was Biden's decision to shutter large sectors of the American energy industry that got that ball rolling.

"The price of the sanctions is not just imposed upon Russia," Biden eagerly acknowledged.

Then the White House emitted some mollifying "Updates." "The president's point," you see, "Was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. He was not discussing Putin's power in Russia, or regime change."

Maybe not; what then, since Biden is also depending on Putin to help broker the disastrous nuclear deal with Iran.?

The ostensible reason, of course, is to export truth, justice, and the American way, and to teach that bully Putin a lesson.

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/26/of-boiling-and-jumping-frogs/