I have a different opinion. This is Europe’s problem, just like Kosovo.
Putin can spout off about nukes all he wants. We have them, too. He’s not going to trade Moscow for Kiev.
America is broke, Alexander. Get that?
We can no longer afford to be shoveling billions upon billions of fiat dollars to every border squabble all over the world. Especially not to corrupt governments.
Was Russia wrong to invade Ukraine? Yep.
Do I hope Putin gets his ass handed to him? Yep.
Do I like the current government of Ukraine? Nope. Not one little bit.
Do I think they deserve a blank check from the American taxpayer? Hell no.
We just disagree here.
A pox on both their houses.
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Second the VERY clear statement. No "black check from the American taxpayer."I have a different opinion. This is Europe’s problem, just like Kosovo.Putin can spout off about nukes all he wants. We have them, too. He’s not going to trade Moscow for Kiev.
America is broke, Alexander. Get that?
We can no longer afford to be shoveling billions upon billions of fiat dollars to every border squabble all over the world. Especially not to corrupt governments.
Was Russia wrong to invade Ukraine? Yep.
Do I hope Putin gets his ass handed to him? Yep.
Do I like the current government of Ukraine? Nope. Not one little bit.
We just disagree here.
A pox on both their houses.
L
I agree with all your points although...
“Do I like the current government of Ukraine? Nope. Not one little bit.”
Whether we like their government or not is completely beside the point. It’s a wartime government in a country that’s two years into fighting against an invasion.
Didn’t the USA’s leaders “grift” for support from the French and others to support its independence from Britain?
Did the USA ask Russia to pay back all the money the USA spent on it in World War 2? Or was it just us soppy Brits and Europeans who agreed to pay it back with interest?
When Bush/Cheney invoked NATO Article 5 after 9/11 and got support from over 20 other countries INCLUDING Ukraine, perhaps we should’ve told the grifting sod to sling his hook because we had more important stuff to deal with. Perhaps we should’ve agreed to help, but sent him a big fat bill with a 30 year repayment plan.
I’m not going to criticise a wartime government for not acting like it’s governing in peacetime. Even Churchill’s government during World War 2 deviated from peacetime norms, and grifted like there’s no tomorrow.
Russia chose to invade, Ukraine has an inalienable moral right to choose to fight back, and “grifting” is entirely fine under those circumstances.
It’s exactly what the USA would’ve done in its place, and it’s what Britain did in World War 2.
It’s up to the USA to decide which causes to back, and for how long, and by how much. But don’t criticise a country or its leader or its government for “grifting” while it’s being invaded, because that’s exactly what any government that puts the defense of its people first SHOULD do.