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So is our aid to Ukraine, with a $800M package announced today.
Of course I want Putin out. Biden may be ruining lives, but Putin is ending the lives of innocent people. Cmon Andy, don’t waste my time. Find a grownup if you need help.
Your false assumptions come to you from your mental illness:
but again, that shows your rather insular view of the world…america first etc etc
Where did that come from? Nothing I said shows an insular view of the world. I cite facts: NATO is underfunded by countries that have no part to play in a nuclear war.
you’d rather be alone in that little pickle than have alliances with anyone else to TRY to avoid it
Again, where did that come from other than the voices in your head? I’m merely pointing out that NATO is a joke because its members wont meet their obligations, and choose to buy energy from the one country that NATO is supposed to be protecting them FROM.
The war is good for the US – all those dead ruSSians, busted T72s, ruski economy trashed without a single american MILITARY life lost
How is that good for the US? Dead russians are not an asset. Russian soldiers are not a threat to us. We never fight Russia. Busted T72s? How is that relevant to the US? Do you think we fear a ground invasion from Russia?
All that american weaponry has come in to NATO bases because they’ve practiced that for decades
And who pays for it? Consider how much military AID (not sales) we provide overseas. NATO members aren’t paying for much of it. American taxpayers are. Do you think Ukraine (not a NATO country) was paying for missile systems provided to them under Trump as part of military aid packages?
Total US foreign aid to Ukraine in FY 2020 (Trump) was more than double the amount pledged in FY 2015 (Obama). Military aid was the biggest increase — up by $200.7 million — while economic aid increased by $182.9 million, according to United States Agency for International Development and State Department data. Ukraine was the 17th-largest recipient of foreign aid in 2020.The US pledged $1.8 billion in military aid to Ukraine since 2001— 30.8% of total foreign aid to the country. This is consistent with the international average for US foreign aid with 30% of foreign assistance spent on the military.
Argue facts, Andy. Your opinions are uninformed.
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callmepuds.
Do you have a substantive point to make here?
It’s lonely at the top, believe me. The opinions of morons have never mattered to me, yours included.
Yes, NATO is nothing but a joke. As Russia supplies most NATO countries in Europe with energy, and can instead choose to sell energy to China and their new friend India, NATO in Europe would soon run out of fuel to mobilize their underfunded militaries. Nord Stream 2 was an undeniable blow to the relevancy of NATO.
Only the US, Greece, and the UK currently honor their obligations to fund their militaries with 2% of their GDP. Germany doesn’t even meet 1.5%. Their standing army of 60K will not make a dent in a Russian attack. If NATO members can’t be relied upon to simply fund their militaries, do you really think that they can be relied upon to lay down their lives?
NATO doesn’t protect the US from Russia. Our nuclear arsenal protects us from Russia, as Russia’s nuclear arsenal protects it from the US. Until the USSR collapsed, we operated the Strategic Air Command, which at ALL times, 24/7/365, had nuclear warheads in the air, loaded inn bombers flying around the arctic circle. NATO would be irrelevant in any direct conflict between Russia and the US. Any such conflict today would not be a ground war, it would be a contest of ICBMs. Even though our air force vastly outguns Russia’s air force, air power isn’t relevant either. The vast nuclear arsenals of Russia and the US are what keep us from direct conflict with each other.
So no NATO countries except UK have any relevance in this realm. Can you imagine France launching a nuclear strike on Russia? Even the UK’s involvement would be questionable, given this 2017 headline:
(and yes, I’m aware the your missile was American-made)
British nuke-capable missile flies in wrong direction—toward the United States—in failed test
Did YOU lie when you said not a single American was killed in Ukraine, since you didn’t check YOUR facts? Or were you simply mistaken?
That’s not a lie, by your definition. A lie requires intent. Do you have any arguments of substance, or do you need some help?
No, I didn’t make it up. I was mistaken.
Trump didn’t kill 20 Russian airmen blown up at Shayrat. Russia was warned that the base from which they and Syrian forces launched chemical weapons strikes was about to be hit. A convoy of Russian vehicles was seen leaving the base shortly before the strike that killed 6 Syrians, including a general. So much for Russian missile defense.
It was 300 Russians killed elsewhere in Syria. Here’s the source. Rub it in your neck, brother.
July 31, 2020:
Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed the United States had killed hundreds of Russian mercenaries in Syria. Questioned about the administration’s alleged lack of response to the reported targeting of US troops by Russia, the SecState responded by saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin, along with “the 300 Russians who were in Syria and who took action that threatened America [and] who are no longer on this planet,” understand the United States’ stance on killing American troops. Last month, the New York Times revealed that Russian military officials incentivized the killing of American troops in Afghanistan by paying bounties to Taliban fighters for every soldier killed. The Times also reported US President Donald Trump had been notified on the subject but failed to respond, triggering a maelstrom of criticism. President Trump has denied being briefed on the subject, later claiming his intelligence agencies did not perceive the reports as being credible.
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James Hill, a Minnesota native who stayed in Ukraine to care for his partner, is 2nd American killed by “Putin’s senseless war”
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