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To: jmacusa; Allegra
Ask him why securing Ukraine’s border is so vital to our national interests while ignoring our own and he clams right up.

Can't speak for anyone else here, but:

The overwhelming majority of FReepers who stand with Ukraine do so not because they have any personal affection, ties, or allegiance to Ukraine.

We likewise have little special interest in or fondness for, say, Finland, Estonia, or Georgia.

Rather, we adhere to the sober assessment that Putin's Russia is a military threat to the United States (after all: It's nukes are aimed chiefly at us), and that Putin's invasions of sovereign nations at its borders cannot be allowed to go unpunished.

It's as simple as that.

Regards,

154 posted on 02/04/2024 11:06:46 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: alexander_busek; jmacusa; Allegra
Oops, forgot to refute the "while ignoring our own [borders]" non sequitur / False Dilemma Fallacy which you boys are constantly falling back on.

No one here - certainly not anyone supporting aid to Ukraine in defending herself against a tyrant like Putin - has ever said that America's southern border should be ignored.

That's a despicable canard.

Regards,

155 posted on 02/04/2024 11:11:57 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: alexander_busek
If this is the condition of the Russian military's conventional forces I shudder to think how stable and secure their nukes are.
156 posted on 02/04/2024 11:13:52 PM PST by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: alexander_busek

“...Putin’s Russia is a military threat to the United States (after all: Its nukes are aimed chiefly at us), and that Putin’s invasions of sovereign nations at its borders cannot be allowed to go unpunished...”

There is also the factor that if Russia takes more land and resources, it simply enriches our enemy and Russia becomes an even greater threat to us. It is in our interest to see that Russia does not trample smaller nations and absorb them.

As a nation that cares about the lives of innocent people, America also has a humanitarian interest in stopping Russian genocide against the Ukrainian people and their culture.


158 posted on 02/04/2024 11:19:47 PM PST by Monterrosa-24 (Saludemos la patria orgullosos)
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To: alexander_busek
The overwhelming majority of FReepers who stand with Ukraine do so not because they have any personal affection, ties, or allegiance to Ukraine.

I honestly don’t care about the reasons.

A large number of us are just tired of the excessive propaganda polluting the Latest Posts feeds.

164 posted on 02/05/2024 5:54:23 AM PST by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated. )
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