“A large portion of Free Republic supports Kinzinger and Biden and Cheney.”
I’ve been on FR about 20 years, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen ANYONE support Kinzinger or Biden on FR; and the only support for a Cheney was for Dick, and that was limited to the first few years of the Bush administration, and at that it was rather lukewarm.
Supporting Ukraine after it was invaded by Russia does not equate to supporting Kinzinger or Biden or Cheney; but it does support the US to the extent that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” I don’t know of any FReepers who have called for or who would support US troops in or above Ukraine under the current circumstances. Arming Ukraine is a different story. Remember, we armed the USSR against Germany (again, the enemy of my enemy is my friend), as it was in our interest to do so. But, the bottom line is that the US — as any country — has only interests, but not necessarily friends (though it can have “friendly relations”). It is in our interest that Russia be stopped. It is simple as that.
“I’ve been on FR about 20 years, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen ANYONE support Kinzinger or Biden on FR”
Support the policy of reigning in NATO and/or US neutrality = Putinista
Support the policies advocated by Kinzinger/Biden = You are a personal supporter of those persons
I hardly think its that simple. I doubt that its in our best interest to have Russia and China becoming friendlier in their relations with each other and drive their economies to become more reliant on each other. Or that we benefit from setting up conditions with sanctions that weaken the dollar, raise food and energy prices, and likely lead to real food shortages. When third world countries can't afford food, their populations get hungry, and they migrate to first world countries, bringing destabilization in their wake.
We could have told Zelenskyy that while it was a nice money-laundering operation while it lasted, it might be best for all concerned for him and his family to move to Great Britain and let things in Ukraine sort themselves out on their own before it all turns into a bloodbath.
Or as an alternative, if we didn't want Russia invading Ukraine, we might have tried telling Zelenskyy that if he wants to keep on the money train, he needs to stop the shelling of the population in the Donbas, and publicly give up all ambitions to join NATO.