Posted on 12/22/2022 11:37:57 PM PST by Cronos
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy told cheering U.S. legislators during a defiant wartime visit to the nation’s capital on Wednesday that against all odds his country still stands, thanking Americans for helping to fund the war effort with money that is “not charity,” but an “investment” in global security and democracy.
Zelenskyy called the tens of billions of dollars in U.S. military and economic assistance provided over the past year vital to Ukraine’s efforts to beat back Russia and appealed for even more in the future.
“Your money is not charity,” he sought to reassure both those in the room and those watching at home. “It’s an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way.”
Just before his arrival, the U.S. announced a new $1.8 billion military aid package, including for the first time Patriot surface-to-air missiles. And Congress planned to vote this week on a fresh spending package that includes about $45 billion in additional emergency assistance to Ukraine.
...Declaring in his speech that Ukraine “will never surrender,” Zelenskyy warned that the stakes of the conflict were greater than just the fate of his nation — that democracy worldwide is being tested
...“This battle cannot be ignored, hoping that the ocean or something else will provide protection,” he said, speaking in English
...He rejected Biden’s framing of finding a “just peace,” saying, “For me as a president, ‘just peace’ is no compromises.” He said the war would end once Ukraine’s sovereignty, freedom and territorial integrity were restored, and Russia had paid back Ukraine for all the damage inflicted by its forces.
“There can’t be any ‘just peace’ in the war that was imposed on us,” he added.
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>> money that is ‘not charity,’ but an ‘investment’ in global security and democracy
Normally, it’s policy, not $$$, that secures stability — unless it’s being bought
That little turd can KMA.
“cheering U.S. legislators”
A bunch of corrupt thugs cheering for a corrupt thug.
Same old same old.
No democracy here or in Ukraine ya liar. More and more despise you and that greedy strumpet old lady of yours.
Zelensky: please send me a passport and deed for my 40 acres of Ukraine. Thanks .
Flag from Bakhmut, city that has been under siege by the Russians since Aug
Want to buy a bridge?
Viktoria Apanasenko, Ukraine's contestant fir miss universe. No relationship to the post, she's just gorgeous
Russia doesn’t have industry to ramp up.
And Poland has no intention of taking any land, that kind of barbarism is for Russia
I see a turning point also, turn your rear end around and head back to where you come from. I ain’t for franchising your transvestite butt . . .
Zelenskyy thanks ‘every American,’ sees ‘turning point’
Wife get you a nice Christmas guft?
“ Russia doesn’t have industry to ramp up.”
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That’s right, they’ve stupidly offshored their heavy industry to China.
Oh, wait, that wasn’t them, that was us who stupidly did that.
I blame all democrat party voters for the chaos of our country.
What a pant load. The last time I heard idiots say, we were turning the corner, I was in Vietnam. I was thinking they were delusional. I still think that way.
—”And Poland has no intention of taking any land, that kind of barbarism is for Russia”
But, but,...
Russia has been saying that Poland is preparing for a Ukrainian land grab.
An official Russian pretext.
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