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To: McGruff

Kind of STUPID to give Ukraine money, since the war ends the same way regardless.


2 posted on 03/11/2024 5:12:03 AM PDT by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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To: BobL

Misplaced optimism and dedication to a futile cause are no reason to shovel borrowed money into a project that will fail regardless. I’m not seeing how Ukraine prevails here with what is currently even possibly available to it, if it were willing to be given. Unless there is an angle I’m not seeing (beyond naked corruption and greed), it seems to be a numbers thing of demographics and ability to produce and procure men and equipment in sufficient quantities. Add that Russia seems determined to ignore the pain and cost of its invasion to achieve whatever long term goals are there for them.
I would argue that if crude was pumped, shipped and sold in much larger quantities by the West, that world price per bbl would drop below what Russia needs to sell it for to continue their war, but I am not at all sure there is will to do so and the timeline for it to have effect is uncertain as well.


31 posted on 03/11/2024 5:48:48 AM PDT by desertsolitaire
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To: BobL

Our founders warned us all to eschew foreign entanglements for very good reasons.


48 posted on 03/11/2024 6:14:27 AM PDT by dasboot (Nuanced foreign relations is the germ of international misunderstanding. )
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