School Me On This Russia/Ukraine Kerfuffle

[trynafeelmink]

Man IDGAF how you take it

My concern is 100's of billions of dollars going to Ukraine & portions of it being "lost"

 

[sneeker]

Man IDGAF how you take it

My concern is 100's of billions of dollars going to Ukraine & portions of it being "lost"

Exactly a GOP response.

 

[lovehateself]

send ja morant and his blicky over there

 

[gry60]

I'm just not gonna sit here & ride along with this stupid *** Russia = Bad, Ukraine = Good narrative western media been pushing for the last year. This super fake stance on morality that people have taken........... Ukraine took a 100 BILLION FROM AMERICA,

You can't rail this much about "media narrative" when you don't understand that the motivation to fund Ukraine is geopolitical first and moral second.

The fact is that the money the US spends in Ukraine is smaller than the cost of responding to Russia encroaching on NATO territory and forcing a direct military involvement from us. That money is the US paying to maintain its diplomatic credibility towards its most important allies. Not supporting Ukraine would incur long term costs in terms of influence, trust, and access the US can't afford to bear.

It's not that complicated.

And no, it's not $100 billion, and it's certainly not cash money; it's mostly **** that would have sat here and rotted in military warehouses.

Here's how much aid the U.S. has sent to Ukraine

The historic sums are helping a broad set of Ukrainian people and institutions, including refugees, law enforcement, and independent radio broadcasters, though most of the aid has been military-related.

www.pbs.org

 

[trynafeelmink]

You can't rail this much about "media narrative" when you don't understand that the motivation to fund Ukraine is geopolitical first and moral second.

The fact is that the money the US spends in Ukraine is smaller than the cost of responding to Russia encroaching on NATO territory and forcing a direct military involvement from us. That money is the US paying to maintain its diplomatic credibility towards its most important allies. Not supporting Ukraine would incur long term costs in terms of influence, trust, and access the US can't afford to bear.

It's not that complicated.

And no, it's not $100 billion, and it's certainly not cash money; it's mostly **** that would have sat here and rotted in military warehouses.

Here's how much aid the U.S. has sent to Ukraine

The historic sums are helping a broad set of Ukrainian people and institutions, including refugees, law enforcement, and independent radio broadcasters, though most of the aid has been military-related.

www.pbs.org

 

[trynafeelmink]

 

[mplsdunk]

Damn, they gonna take all the flags off their Prius and houses now?

They gonna rename their golden doodle from Zelensky?

 

[heelsandeers]

Nazis were supposed to take over Ukraine 10 years ago according to Russia certain Western Journalists

 

[cubanref]

Possible coup going on in Russia

 

[fluid hips]

Yea. Heard the head of wagner group was pissed about Russian troops attacking his convoy

 

[lovehateself]

Russia turning on Russia was not on my bingo card

 

[osh kosh bosh]

gotta bring this back out;

if you make deal with trump...you will be left a broken and humiliated man.

 

[Nike Jordan]

Remember when SOME people thought Russia was going to take Ukraine in just three days?

Now it's been over a year and Russia is about to go to war against Russia.

 

[RustyShackleford]

To all the dudes that posted conspiracy theories and dumb **** to defend Russia over the past year, I know it must be rough to see two of your OGs fighting.

Stand back, stand by, and keep ya heads up.

 

[elpablo21]

Told all the dudes that posted conspiracy theories and dumb **** to defend Russia over the past year, I know it must be rough to see two of your OGs fighting.

Stand back, stand by, and keep ya heads up.

Brandon strikes again buddy

 

[D Double]

Is Wagner going to take Moscow in 3 days?

They could be there in a day or less at this rate

 

[gry60]

Russia turning on Russia was not on my bingo card

Eeehh it's a pattern in their history. Failed Russian military campaigns have often resulted in violent regime change.

Brandon strikes again buddy

Some people ARE that stupid.

As much as I find this whole situation funny for Putin, the CIA is more likely to help Prigozhin get closer to any window and let the FSB do the rest.

The Russian nuclear arsenal factor can't be forgotten here.

 

[gry60]

This happened back in April:

Meet the Russian rebel groups waging war from within Putin's own borders

"Russia faces diverse threats from cross-border sabotage forces and domestic partisans," an expert on Russian militant groups tells Newsweek.

www.newsweek.com

 

[keko jones]

MFs want their McDs back.

 

[shibadekobe]

 

[fargin]

Brought this on themselves.

 

[heelsandeers]

 

[Beruseruku Desu]

If the coup is successful I’ll be shocked

 

[mplsdunk]

Who’s worse though? Putin or Wagner?

 

[heelsandeers]

Keep an eye on Belarus?