Russia aint shit. I am sure various military and economic experts would put Russia at about 40th in the world.
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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Our military aid should come at no cost to Ukraine. A free, democratic Ukraine is very important for the US and the EU and the world.
You cant put a price tag on it and **** Head Trump only worries about getting some kind of repayment from Ukraine.
Trump is a pig of the highest order. If Ukraine would have lost by now it would cost the US way more
I agree completely. I am just taking in realities this week.
Someone please take a chainsaw to this bastard.
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No link, right? At some point even the dullest of dullards should start to see a pattern.
I was in this camp for a long time and still understand it, but now I recognize that no amount of military aide is going to win this war for Ukraine, and while we shouldn't ask for direct compensation, we should still have a piece of the outcome as Ukraine's largest source of funding and equipment fueling the war machine.
I always assumed there would be a permanent US and/or EU Military base in Ukraine when this was all said and done, but was unaware of valuable minerals. Honestly an economic partnership whereby there is real American interest in Ukraine is the best security Ukraine could hope for. We may not really care if Ukraine exists, but we sure will care about our access to valuable minerals, and you can bet we'd protect it. Apparently Zyllensky brought this idea up months ago, and I think it would be worth pursuing.
Ending the violence and simply walking away invites it to begin again years later, as it did before in 2014-2022.
I am not with you on the first paragraph but mostly with you on the second. I don’t think we should have piece of the outcome. However, the reality is that it looks like we will. Assuming it is on a percentage basis, Ukraine should be honest with us as to where all of those minerals are so that the pie is as big as possible, so Russia will have to de-occupy lands where those exist. And if the land is as valuable as being described, Trump will protect it like the mob boss he wants to be.
What does a video from a year and ~600k dead Russians ago have to do with now?
Congress should terminate all of his contracts and/or freeze 100% of any money going to him if he does this.
Congress has the ability to shut that spigot down Monday.
Then get off the Twitter website w/ all the Russian propaganda.
Blackmailing allies. Musk going to get himself shoved out a window and he'll have deserved it.
Well not quite yet. Hopefully, if there such a deal the specter of our military will be sufficient deterrence.
As I'd posted months ago: he's turning it into a mercenary force that he will set loose on Congress if they try to defy/remove him from office.
If Congress doesn't figure this out fairly soon, it'll be past the point of no return for them. Most Republicans are already too afraid to stand up to him, fearing for their own lives and their families.
But they have to work in Ukraine. Musk can create geofenced zones where they don’t work, even if you have paid for the service.
