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- ukraine_war_news@lemmygrad.ml
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- ukraine_war_news@lemmygrad.ml
Mitch McConell says the quiet part out loud.
Exact full quote from CNN:
āPeople think, increasingly it appears, that we shouldnāt be doing this. Well, let me start by saying we havenāt lost a single American in this war,ā McConnell said. āMost of the money that we spend related to Ukraine is actually spent in the US, replenishing weapons, more modern weapons. So itās actually employing people here and improving our own military for what may lie ahead.ā
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4085063
Yea, well, did you hear about how the President escaped and the Parliament voted to destitute him. And when you invade Crimea to do a mock referendum, thatās awesome international law. Not even Iran and China recognize the annexation of Crimea, because you canāt invade a country and referendum an annexation unilaterally.
Most of the people living in Crimea work for the Russian Black Sea Fleet you dork. They didnāt have to invade Crimea, they already had a huge military instalation there. And no one cares about international law, least of all NATO.
Also Crimea has been trying to get autonomy or leave Ukraine for thirty years.
The parliament had no constitutional authority to vote to expell him without an impeachment hearing, which he never got. It was an illegal move.
The referendum in Crimea is as legitimate as the acting president of Ukraine.
And tankies love it when America invades another country because that country didnāt democracy correctly.
I donāt support Russia invading, just so weāre clear. I can just see the rational progression of events from A to Z
Why do you think Russia invaded? Cuz Russia bad? lol
Ukraine is literally on Russiaās boarder, and Russia is not even a regional empire - itās a jumped up gas station. Russia is vulnerable and knows it, so it lashes out like any animal backed into a corner. Now we have another forever war, this time in Europe.
Then why are you using Russiaās talking points?
Do you agree there is a difference between āreasonsā and ājustificationsā?
I think Russiaās reasons for invading are real and must acknowledged to end the war. I donāt think those reasons justify the war.
Get it?
āI think the USās reasons for invading Iraq are real and must be acknowledged to end the war.ā
Does that clarify what Iām talking about to you at all?
The USās reasons for invading Iraq werenāt fucking real. They made it all up!
Does that clarify what Iām talking about to you at all?
Yes, and thatās exactly the point I was making about Russiaās reasons. The NATO already had troops in all of the Baltics following the invasion of Crimea. (Look up Operation Atlantic Resolve) Every single US troop there was already closer to Moscow than any potential Ukrainian base could ever possibly hope to be.