Posted on 03/13/2023 7:13:26 PM PDT by Kazan
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has sharply broken with Republicans who are determined to defend Ukraine against Russia’s invasion, saying in a statement made public on Monday night that protecting the European nation’s borders is not a vital U.S. interest and that policymakers should instead focus attention at home.
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“While the U.S. has many vital national interests — securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness with our military, achieving energy security and independence, and checking the economic, cultural and military power of the Chinese Communist Party — becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia is not one of them,” Mr. DeSantis said in a statement that Mr. Carlson read aloud on his show.
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“F-16s and long-range missiles should therefore be off the table,” he added. “These moves would risk explicitly drawing the United States into the conflict and drawing us closer to a hot war between the world’s two largest nuclear powers. That risk is unacceptable.”
“A policy of ‘regime change’ in Russia (no doubt popular among the D.C. foreign policy interventionists) ,” Mr. DeSantis said, “would greatly increase the stakes of the conflict, making the use of nuclear weapons more likely.
Mr. DeSantis added, “We cannot prioritize intervention in an escalating foreign war over the defense of our own homeland, especially as tens of thousands of Americans are dying every year from narcotics smuggled across our open border and our weapons arsenals critical for our own security are rapidly being depleted.”
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DeSantis should be. Trump will slice and dice him. And, Ronnie will end up being 2016's Ted Cruz and blow his chance in 2028.
Trump's approval ratings among Republicans are remarkable for a former President. He's the equivalent of an incumbent.
A DeSantis run is suicide mission.
Way to dodge of the thread, Mr. Neocon. Both DeSantis, if can be believed, and Trump are opposed to the proxy war in Ukraine. It’s all but if either win. How does that make you feel?
This would only make DeSantis more attractive to Trump voters and potentially help DeSantis in the primaries.
Remember Vietnam. I recall. JFK shouting out “pay any price, bare any burden”. How did that work out.
Everything with Democrats is about war.
War on poverty. War on drugs. War on disinformation. War on everything.
Wars they never win. What ends up happening is we all end up losing more of our freedoms.
What’s a “whiteboad”?
Bravo! Not one penny more for the corrupt, totalitarian, grifting, gay-dancing scumbag and his spendaholic beard, nor for all the Western scumbags profiting from the situation.
Oh crap.....there goes the Neo con label.
Trump has.never had the gal to saw this. All the phooey about who is supporting DeSantis......we need to worry about Trump.
He’s in bed with Mitch.
Man, the bloodthirsty, FR propagandists for the gay dancing midget and for all the anti-Western scum profiting off his grift are going to be mighty angry with Ron for stating that. Bet they’ll be voting for the Potato rather than for the Trump/DeSantis ticket.
two thirds of independents said they would never vote for trump. I love Trump but he can’t win.
Then you also gotta grant +1 for Trump...
I agree that Trump carries a heavy burden of baked in negatives for a large number of independents and moderate Republicans. Desantis does offer a more moderate alternative and is generally coherent and articulate.
“I don’t know anything about the guy”
...you won’t vote for him. That says it all.
I thought maybe you were referring to “white broads” or something. Gotta watch out for those white broads... $B-)
I’m also Trump voter - and I also like a lot of what DeSantis has been saying/doing. In 5 years, I may be ready to vote Desantis if he doesn’t prove to be something other than what he seems.
meanwhile, since the republicans have no bench other than DeSantis, let’s trash talk him into oblivion so we have nobody for 2028 </sarc>
That’s fine, not taking that away from him. But if he’s running for President, he needs to resign.
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