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Is the Ukraine War a Modern Credit Mobilier?
Uncover DC ^ | November 14, 2022 | By Larry Schweikart

Posted on 11/17/2022 9:54:53 AM PST by Red Badger

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1 posted on 11/17/2022 9:54:53 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv; Homer_J_Simpson

Ping!................

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” - Mark Twain............


2 posted on 11/17/2022 9:55:58 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: LS

Nice! Thanks for this! :)


3 posted on 11/17/2022 9:57:12 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Red Badger

if it walks like a duck ...


4 posted on 11/17/2022 9:58:30 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: Red Badger

The Uke war is a laundry mat. Nothing more.


5 posted on 11/17/2022 9:59:14 AM PST by circlecity
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To: Red Badger

Military industrial complex money machine AND a way to ‘beta’ test things.

“Ukraine has become a testing ground for state-of-the-art weapons and information systems, and new ways to use them, that Western political officials and military commanders predict could shape warfare for generations to come,” write’s NYT’s Lara Jakes.
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A former Lithuanian president is quoted as saying, “We’re learning in Ukraine how to fight, and we’re learning how to use our NATO equipment,” adding, “It is shameful for me because Ukrainians are paying with their lives for these exercises for us.”

Yeah, no shit.”

‘US Empire Views Ukrainians And Russians As Lab Rats For Weapons Testing’
https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/us-empire-views-ukrainians-and-russians


6 posted on 11/17/2022 10:00:08 AM PST by cranked
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To: Red Badger

One difference. Aggrieved parties didn’t have nuclear weapons.


7 posted on 11/17/2022 10:00:47 AM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: circlecity

all foreign aid circles back


8 posted on 11/17/2022 10:12:20 AM PST by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: Red Badger

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9 posted on 11/17/2022 10:14:36 AM PST by sauropod (Fascists also buy Comcast cable packages" - Olby - Wanna buy mine?)
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To: Red Badger
Good analogy!
At least in the 1870s, the House and Senate had enough honorable people to investigate the scandal...
...yet NONE were punished for their crimes, so it is JUST LIKE 2022. The Good Old Boys club stuck together then just as they do now. It's a small club and you aren't in it.
10 posted on 11/17/2022 10:16:27 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
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To: Red Badger

Sadly, what is old is new. Once again, evil and seven deadly sins rule the day.
Behavior that gets rewarded, gets repeated. Evil without consequence.


11 posted on 11/17/2022 10:17:08 AM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL)
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> At least in the 1870s, the House and Senate had enough honorable people to investigate the scandal.

That's because Senators at that time were Constitutionally limited to one six year term, and they were appointed by their State's legislature.

But Woodrow Wilson and 75% of the States killed our Federal Republic by ratifying the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913.

12 posted on 11/17/2022 10:20:23 AM PST by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
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To: Red Badger

McCarthy’s first act as Speaker of the House should be to ban stock ownership by its members, spouses, and immediate family members.


13 posted on 11/17/2022 10:23:00 AM PST by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
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“The U.S. Congress and President Joe (Rutabaga) Biden can’t wait to send more money...to Ukraine.”

Here’s the thing is the FTX scandal seems to be making clear that the New York banking interests who were supposed to hold Ukraine funds in escrow were instead sending that money to FTX to launder for the Democrats.

The real fraud happening here is that Ukraine isn’t getting this money at all! The grift is happening and the Big Guy is getting his 10% FIRST!!!

I sincerely hope the new GOP Congress has the nerve to investigate this and toss a bunch of their Democrat colleagues into prison for this horrid fraud!!!


14 posted on 11/17/2022 10:24:17 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: circlecity

“The Uke war is a laundry mat. Nothing more.“

Precisely.


15 posted on 11/17/2022 10:25:45 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Red Badger

“Think a multi-million dollar missile system designed to defeat a fourth-generation fighter as opposed to a low-tech but effective anti-aircraft gun.”

Anti-aircraft guns aren’t “effective” against cruise missiles.


16 posted on 11/17/2022 10:28:03 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Red Badger

Bookmark


17 posted on 11/17/2022 10:28:44 AM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Red Badger

GIBS-ME-DAT non-oversight Billions!


18 posted on 11/17/2022 10:28:53 AM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX.)
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... in 1872, Democrat James Brooks and Republican James Patterson were threatened with expulsion from Congress, but a total of 13 members of Congress were investigated by two House committees and one Senate committee. In the end, Ames and Brooks were merely censured, and none of the rest were punished.

Sounds like things never change.


19 posted on 11/17/2022 10:29:59 AM PST by Flick Lives (Cui bono)
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To: Boogieman

Anti-aircraft guns aren’t “effective” against aircraft either.............😜


20 posted on 11/17/2022 10:34:14 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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