Posted on 01/28/2023 8:54:09 PM PST by RandFan
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Thursday defended the continued aid that the United States is providing to Ukraine to defend itself against Russia, saying that as a country “we care about human life.”
Romney said in a video post on his Twitter account that the U.S. support for Ukraine is both the “right thing” to do and necessary for U.S. national security interests.
“I begin, of course, with just the humanitarian reality, which is we care about human life and about the suffering that’s going on in Ukraine,” he said. “We’re just appalled by the fact that Russia has invaded a peaceful, sovereign nation next door.”
Romney said the U.S. has more prosperity when the world is more peaceful, and conflict makes the U.S. “less well off.”
He said history has shown that when one country sees that it can invade another country without any consequence or reaction from others, that type of mentality continues spreading throughout the world and eventually involves the U.S. getting attacked.
“That’s one of the lessons of history, which is that violence in the world spreads, and it ultimately comes to our own shores,” he said.
Romney said Russia is a “geopolitical adversary,” and the U.S. is helping to deplete the Russian military through its aid to Ukraine. He said Russia is China’s only “real” ally, so weakening Russia is also an effective way to weaken China.
He said the spending given to Ukraine is “of the same manner” of the spending for national defense. He said the U.S. spends about $750 billion on national defense, and the $20 billion to $40 billion being spent on Ukraine is “basically in the same category.”
“It is defending American interests, America’s national security against adversaries that would threaten us,” he said.
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War Is Peace
The likes of you care about human life only as a parasite cares about its host.
Oh, BTW, is your kid still in Uk collecting his “paycheck” like Hunter?
‘We care about human life’
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Especially if that life can be of service to my corporatist friends around the globe.
I can’t believe I had to vote for these two losers.
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Yep...me too...I have to stop thinking about it or my drinking habit will kick up again.
Anyone who loves humanity would urge peace talks now. STOP THE KILLING! NOW! Send Trump to work out a deal—he could do it and I believe, in the end, he will. BUT How many need die over the vanity of Nations? Give PEACE a Chance! Stop this now before it turns into WW I “Guns of August” World bloodbath.
Why not Rwanda?
Somalia?
Yemen?
And especially Rohingya?
Or any of a few dozen countries in wars of various types and flavors?
WTF makes Ukraine so special to the do gooders?
That brightened my morning. Every time McCain is mentioned, I’m reminded that the piece of shit is dead, praise the Lord.
AMEN
Newsflashes to Romney:
1. The American military is being depleted
2. The American treasury is being depleted
3. China in specific and BRICS in general are being empowered
4. The claim that warmongering abroad protects America is false
Warmongering globalists are for foreign borders and against American borders.
Not everyone here is pro-Putin and pro-Russia. It is a 50/50 split. So good on Romney if he is supporting Ukraine. There is a stench from the surrender monkeys here.
Not so much being Pro-Putin, but the sense that the US is only going to make matters worse.
You are lying to yourself. But nice effort and waste of your ten minutes. Putin is an imperialist. Any truce now means he will invade Ukraine later to bite off the rest.
Summary — You are naive and dumb. Putin is pathological and a disease.
So stop blocking domestic production of energy, if you care so much about human life. The cost in human life from blocking the production of domestic oil in the US will be tallying up for decades.
Global warming can be a good thing. Build dykes. Grow more cotton, pineapples and mangos further north. Save on heating energy costs.
But if you really care about global warming, at least stop flitting around in private jets. If students can learn remotely, conference-goers can conference go remotely.
“Not so much being Pro-Putin, but the sense that the US is only going to make matters worse.”
Nothing is worse than Putin. Many here love him and are invested in his rampant imperialism. My ancestors came from Europe, so I am pro-Europe and against Russian expansionism. Perhaps your people immigrated from Tibet.
Now he can talk out of both sides of his mouth, using both faces. Cool!
Send your sons over there, Nit Wit Mitt.
Romney says “we care about human life”, that’s why we are sending MORE BOMBS, BULLETS, MISSLES, and TANKS to Ukraine to preserve human life.
I doubt anyone is “Pro” Putin. That’s a simple way of looking a things. Generally speaking those who are not in favor of this “war” don’t want to get sucked into a local border dispute and a proxy war that should be fought by someone else.
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