I write this as a former supporter of neo-conservative positions as they won the cold war. However, devastation of existing order has consequences which are not positive.
Mr. Putin, who lest we forget is responsible for shooting down a passenger Malaysian Air 747 just because he could arm untrained idiots with dangerous weapons, now faces the specter of your enemy is my enemy so lets get together. Chechen fighters, who were limited to Chechnya where they were frowned upon by U.S. policy of both parties, have now fought in Syria and migrated to The Ukraine where they are welcomed by The Ukrainian politicians who lack a sufficient number of serious fighters in their army. You can believe that these fighters will return to Chechnya with more support than they had before.
An unintended consequence of Putin's actions, just as Russia's dismantling of Afghanistan starting in 1979 had the unintended consequence of fostering jihadism which had been more or less out of vogue for hundreds of years.
And then the U.S. dismantled Iraq and more unintended consequences were the result.
Meanwhile, in the U.S., the liberal reading of the 2nd Amendment that the NRA broadcasts, results in all kinds of weapons available for sale for people with nefarious goals and murder of innocent people who are supposed to be protected by the armed militia that the 2nd Amendment actually protects. Even our Constitution has unintended consequences.
And silly me, I thought the one thing good about conservatism was that they recognized the danger of enacting policies that result in unintended consequences.
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