{"id":156930,"date":"2023-02-11T13:21:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T17:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=156930"},"modified":"2023-02-12T07:05:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T11:05:25","slug":"putting-things-in-perspective-regarding-bidens-act-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=156930","title":{"rendered":"<h2>Putting Things In Perspective Regarding Biden&#8217;s Act of War<\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Carlsbad, CA<br \/>\nFebruary 11, 2023<\/p>\n<p>by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n<p>The recent revelation by journalist Seymour Hersh asserts that the US was responsible for destroying the Nord Stream Pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>If true, President Biden&#8217;s decision to do that has put everyone in extreme danger!<\/p>\n<p>This amounted to an act of war against a sovereign nation, Russia, which has a vast trove of nukes.<\/p>\n<p>Biden appears to have acted unilaterally and without the approval of Congress which is the proper Constitutional body for declaring war.<\/p>\n<p>The reckless escalation of the conflict in Ukraine has created a situation of great peril to all of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has apparently responded in the most dramatic way possible short of actually launching an attack against its perceived enemies by authorizing the first strike use of its nuclear weapons: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevequayle.com\/index.php?s=33&amp;d=2592\">https:\/\/www.stevequayle.com\/index.php?s=33&amp;d=2592<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To the extent all this is true, it puts in perspective a significant shift of what is essential for everyone to concentrate on in the present moment.<\/p>\n<p>We must all collectively focus with the greatest urgency on bringing an immediate end to this senseless regional struggle before it metastasizes further into a global conflagration that can destroy modern civilization in a matter of moments.<\/p>\n<p>The warring parties need to replace the rhetoric and behavior of escalation with diplomacy that offers peace and prosperity instead of planetary destruction.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone doubting the seriousness of the situation should read this:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/warnews247-gr.translate.goog\/apantisi-rosias-stis-apokalypseis-s-chers-an-oi-diapragmatefseis-apotychoun-o-v-poutin-tha-dosei-prothesmia-72-ores-prin-tin-chrisi-pyrinikon-oplon\/?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp\">https:\/\/warnews247-gr.translate.goog\/apantisi-rosias-stis-apokalypseis-s-chers-an-oi-diapragmatefseis-apotychoun-o-v-poutin-tha-dosei-prothesmia-72-ores-prin-tin-chrisi-pyrinikon-oplon\/?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the face of such extreme peril, everything else has become relatively insignificant. We must find a path forward to constrain the dogs of war and replace them with a saner methodology for living together despite our differences.<\/p>\n<p>All our plans for the future are at risk of annihilation: we must put things in perspective and insist that the formula for peace prevail lest we allow the current crisis to morph into something beyond tragic for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}