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Sad but of course we'd loose in a war with China.


China's Navy and Air Force are no match to ours. It's not even close. I have seen their first Aircraft Carrier, the Liaoning, docked in the port in Dalian many times, with it's silly Russian ski jump front end. 2019 was the last time I was there. They do not have the ability or experience in protecting force. They have never even won a war fought on Chinese land - losing to the Mogols, Japan, and others in the past.

China is a nuclear power, so that tends to mean we cannot get into a shooting war with then, at least not directly. The Taiwanese are smart enough to tell China that any invasion will result in destruction of the chip fabs, leaving China with nothing of value. You don't even have to destroy them, just contaminate the clean rooms with outside air and they will be useless for a LONG time.

The scenario that concerns me is a US carrier battle group off Taiwan in international waters as a show of US presence. US Naval doctrine for the last 75 years or so is that our carriers are invulnerable, with constant air, surface, and sub defenses surrounding them. IF China really has hypersonic missiles that can sink one of our carriers in this scenario, Biden will have to decide if the US will retaliate against such an act of war, or if the battle group will slink back home in defeat.

But that's a big "if". Don't ever forget that China has a shit ton of media and social media trolls posting propaganda everywhere. I tend not to believe claims of any superior military technology or capability.

ALSO, I am waiting to see the true effects of the chip sanctions. The rule puts chip technology that can be used for AI or advanced military applications under ITAR. That means you need to apply for a license to export equipment or technology that could be used for such purposes, and the government decides if you area allowed or not. It does not appear to apply to less advanced chips made using older technology.

And with the Biden administration deciding who can export or not, there is a ton of potential for licenses to be given to political favorites and contributors. Hate to think this way, but if we've learned anything about Biden's band of morons - they do nothing of substance, but talk up useless shit like it's gold. A few million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves that will have minimal if any effect on gas prices. Banning "ghost guns" based on the lie that they are used in crimes often (police officers I've met say the've never confiscated a Polymer 80), and so on. Now they can pick and choose which companies can export to whom, just like they are trying to do with "Green Energy".
 
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Now, as for Ukraine - why did the U.S. dangle the carrot of NATO membership for so long but never let Ukraine in? If the truth ever comes out it is likely that our politicians - mostly democrats but probably some RHINO's too - were extorting money from Ukraine for the price of admission to NATO in the form of patronage jobs (Hunter at Burisma, and more) and possibly laundered political campaign contributions and other payoffs. As long as they support Zelensky now, he'll keep quiet. They are desperate to prevent the truth from coming out, so a Ukraine victory is essential. If Zelensky has any brains he has set up full disclosure upon his death. Don't forget it's entirely possible that Zelensky leaked the call that got Trump impeached, or was in on it with the democrats.

The whole situation stinks to hell. That includes the US interference that helped defeat a pro-Russia government in Ukraine with a pro-West govt. All the US interest over the past decade in Ukraine right, on Russia's border, to me is not that different than all the Russian interest in Cuba after Castro took over. We tried to invade Cuba to get rid of Castro and the Russians and failed. Russia is doing the same in Ukraine.

Yes I know it's not the same because NATO did not put missile bases in Ukraine, but from Putin's point of view, it is. We say he is paranoid to think that a defensive alliance would be used to invade Russia, but then western Europe invaded Russia multiple times over the last 200 years, so why would he believe "oh, we won't do that AGAIN"?

Watch "Ukraine on Fire". It's Oliver Stone, so yeah, it might be exaggerated, but it goes through 100 years of history and how things got to be the way they are today.
 
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From what I've gathered, Russia is very unlikely to blow the dam you're referring to as its reservoir serves as the only source of fresh water to Crimea. Similarly, a dirty bomb makes no sense in the area as you would contaminate the same. Both hyped scenarios sound like Ukraine propaganda.

Or Russian bluffs. They've made an awful lot more threats since this all began than they've ever followed through on.
 
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Crimea is a Russian stronghold, besides a major naval base, its a long-time vacation hot-spot for it's citizens as was shown by the oblivious beachgoers during the nearby airbase attack last month. Blowing the dam which supplies water to the peninsula would pretty much be an own-goal. Russian MO is lots of boastful, braggadocios statements; with all the material losses, vengeful attacks appear to be the strategy with missiles landing on apartment blocks and malls.
 
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Regarding blowing up the dam, as many suspect Russia is intending, to provide cover and distance for a retreat; and several herein think is not going to happen. Quote from Understanding War.

Any claims that Russian forces would not blow the dam due to concerns for the water supply to Crimea are absurd. Crimea survived without access to the canal flowing from the Dnipro since Russia illegally invaded and annexed it in 2014 through the restoration of access following Russia’s invasion in February 2022. Russian officials have demonstrated their ability to indefinitely supply Crimea with water without access to the canal.
 
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Uh Oh

You now have the die-hard leftists realizing this war is dragging their Prez, Party and country down the drain.

From the Wapo:

A group of 30 House liberals is urging President Biden to dramatically shift his strategy on the Ukraine war and pursue direct negotiations with Russia, the first time prominent members of his own party have pushed him to change his approach to Ukraine.

I'm wondering if they are seeing how AOC's constituents have started turning on her and are getting a little panicked?


 
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^^ Please post the article. I refuse to give money to the WaPo to get past their paywall.

Biden himself keeps saying inflation and gas prices are Putin's fault. So it would be logical to find a negotiated end to the war rather than keep drawing it out.

What the working class is saying is simple - you are giving 10's of Billions to foreign countries and letting a ton of illegals in, but doing nothing for Americans. And they are right.
 
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Does the Biden regime have the authority and power to remove someone's US Citizenship without due process ???


Biden’s chip controls may force Chinese-Americans working in China’s semiconductor firms to choose between their citizenship or their job


One term in the Biden administration’s new controls on semiconductor sales to China could ensnare hundreds of Chinese-American tech executives working for the country's tech companies—and perhaps force them to choose between their citizenship, or their job.

The new rules bar “U.S. persons,” which includes both U.S. citizens and permanent residents, from supporting the “development or production” of advanced chips at Chinese factories without a license. It's the first time export controls on China extend to people, rather than just organizations or companies.

That could affect hundreds of executives and professionals with U.S. citizenship in China’s chip industry, including founders and C-suite executives, according to Nikkei Asia.

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One Chinese chip company is already taking action. Naura Technology, a China-based manufacturer of chipmaking equipment, is telling its employees with U.S. nationality to immediately stop working on research projects, due to the new restrictions, reported the South China Morning Post on Thursday.

Chipmaking firms outside of China are also reorganizing their teams to comply with the new rules. Netherlands-based ASML Holding, which manufactures critical chipmaking equipment, told its U.S.-based staff on Wednesday to immediately halt all engagement with Chinese customers, Bloomberg reported.

The new rules on semiconductor exports, announced by the Biden administration on Friday, are Washington's broadest effort yet to hamper China’s semiconductor development. The controls bar sales of chipmaking equipment, as well as advanced chips made using U.S. equipment, to Chinese companies.

The U.S. has exempted some non-Chinese companies, like SK Hynix, Samsung, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, from its new export controls for a year. Yet Chinese companies won't get the same leniency from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Straddling two countries
Chinese and Chinese-Americans are finding it increasingly difficult to operate in both the U.S. and China, as relations between Washington and Beijing sink to new lows.

More Chinese academics are choosing to leave the U.S., citing a more hostile working environment. Over 1,400 Chinese academics gave up their U.S. affiliation in 2021, representing a 22% jump from the year before, according to data compiled by Princeton University, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In 2018, the Trump administration launched the China Initiative to investigate allegations that U.S.-based scientists were transferring advanced technologies to China. Academics criticized the Initiative for chilling scientific cooperation and deterring Chinese academics from moving to or staying in the U.S.

Gang Chen, an MIT professor who was charged with espionage under the China Initiative in 2021, said the program brought “unwarranted fear to the academic community” after the charges were dropped a year later. (The Biden administration ended the Initiative in February 2022, citing a perception that it unfairly targeted people of Chinese origin or ethnicity).

Five months after the espionage charges were dropped, Chen helped discover what might be the “best semiconductor material ever found,” according to MIT.

This story was originally featured on Fortune.com


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^^ Please post the article. I refuse to give money to the WaPo to get past their paywall.

Biden himself keeps saying inflation and gas prices are Putin's fault. So it would be logical to find a negotiated end to the war rather than keep drawing it out.

What the working class is saying is simple - you are giving 10's of Billions to foreign countries and letting a ton of illegals in, but doing nothing for Americans. And they are right.


Isn't this exactly what the Left is accusing Elon Musk of being a Putin stooge for? For trying to avoid sending the world into a depression at best and nuclear war at worst?

And look (I bolded it) who has suddenly changed her tune now that her constituents are calling her out for her hypocrisy? Roll Eyes


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Liberals urge Biden to rethink Ukraine strategy
Democratic lawmakers’ letter calls for direct U.S. talks with Russia

By Yasmeen Abutaleb
The Washington Post
Updated October 24, 2022 at 2:58 p.m. EDT


A group of 30 House liberals is urging President Biden to dramatically shift his strategy on the Ukraine war and pursue direct negotiations with Russia, the first time prominent members of his own party have pushed him to change his approach to Ukraine.

The letter, sent to the White House on Monday and obtained by The Washington Post, could create more pressure on Biden as he tries to sustain domestic support for the war effort, at a time when the region is heading into a potentially difficult winter and Republicans are threatening to cut aid to Ukraine if they retake Congress.

In a letter led by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the 30 Democrats call on Biden to pair the unprecedented economic and military support the United States is providing Ukraine with a “proactive diplomatic push, redoubling efforts to seek a realistic framework for a ceasefire.”

The Democrats are specifically concerned that the United States is not engaging in regular dialogue with Russia as part of its effort to end a protracted war that has caused thousands of deaths and displaced 13 million people. The Biden administration has been adamant that it is up to Kyiv whether and when to negotiate with Russia, arguing that Ukrainians as a free people should decide their fate.

But some Russia experts say Moscow will only negotiate with the United States, a fellow superpower. The lawmakers say that opening must be seized given the war’s spreading devastation, adding, “The alternative to diplomacy is protracted war, with both its attendant certainties and catastrophic and unknowable risks.”

The liberal Democrats note that the war’s disastrous consequences are increasingly felt far beyond Ukraine, including elevated food and gas prices in the United States and spikes in the price of wheat, fertilizer and fuel that have created global food shortages, not to mention the danger of a nuclear attack by Moscow.

White House spokesman John Kirby, responding to the lawmakers’ letter, said the administration “appreciates their very thoughtful concerns” but reiterated that the Ukrainians must be central to any diplomatic overtures.

“We’re not going to have conversations with the Russian leadership without the Ukrainians being represented,” Kirby said during a briefing with reporters. “Mr. Zelensky gets to determine – because it’s his country – what success looks like and when to negotiate.”
He added, “We’d all like to see this war end today, and quite frankly it could end today if Mr. Putin did the right thing and pulled his troops out.”

The lawmakers are at pains to differentiate themselves from the Republicans who are also challenging Biden’s approach to Ukraine. Some conservatives are now questioning U.S. aid to Ukraine because of its cost and, in a few cases, voicing apparent sympathy for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“We are under no illusions regarding the difficulties involved in engaging Russia given its outrageous and illegal invasion of Ukraine,” the Democrats’ letter states. “If there is a way to end the war while preserving a free and independent Ukraine, it is America’s responsibility to pursue every diplomatic avenue to support such a solution that is acceptable to the people of Ukraine.”

The letter was signed by some of the best-known and most outspoken liberal Democrats in Congress, including Reps. Jamie Raskin (Md.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Cori Bush (Mo.), Ro Khanna (Calif.) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.).

For now, their position remains a minority in the Democratic Party, which has overwhelmingly supported Biden’s denunciations of Russia and his spearheading of a global coalition to funnel massive support to Ukraine. Biden has framed the conflict as part of his broader view that the world is witnessing a historic confrontation between authoritarianism and democracy.

Not even every member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus joined in Monday’s call for a change in strategy. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) indicated he supported providing Ukraine enough aid and weapons to win the war outright.

“The way to end a war? Win it quickly. How is it won quickly? By giving Ukraine the weapons to defeat Russia,” Gallego wrote on Twitter on Monday.

The liberals’ appeal for a shift in strategy comes amid some of the most significant U.S.-Russian diplomatic engagement in some time, as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recently talked with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu, for the first time in months. The two spoke by phone Friday and again on Sunday at Shoigu’s request, Austin wrote on Twitter.
Despite Biden’s success so far in rallying support for Ukraine, he now faces the prospect of cracks in the coalition as Europe heads into a difficult winter, gas prices remain high at home, Putin threatens nuclear actions and both sides appear to be digging in for the long, bloody haul.

In the United States, most of the challenges to date have come from the right, as some conservatives question spending billions of dollars on the faraway war. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) — who would be likely to become speaker if the Republicans retake the House on Nov. 8 — signaled last week that a GOP-led house would oppose more aid to Ukraine.

“I think people are going to be sitting in a recession, and they’re not going to write a blank check to Ukraine,” he told Punchbowl News. “They just won’t do it.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), speaking Monday at an international summit on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, downplayed the possibility that U.S. aid to Ukraine would end if Republicans take the House.
“I believe that the support for Ukraine and the people of Ukraine … will not stop,” Pelosi said, adding that “support for Ukraine is bipartisan, it is bicameral.”

But the liberals’ letter suggests pressure may now start coming from the left as well — albeit for different reasons — creating a political pincer movement that would make it harder for the president to blame opposition to his Ukraine policy solely on Republicans.

When asked how long the United States can be expected to pour billions into the war effort, Biden and his top aides frequently say, “as long as it takes.” But privately, U.S. officials say neither Russia nor Ukraine is capable of winning the war outright, suggesting a fundamental change in dynamic would be required if the conflict is to end in the foreseeable future.

For now, Biden’s aides have ruled out the idea of pushing or even nudging Ukraine to the negotiating table, saying it is a matter of principle that nations get to decide their own fate. They say they do not know what the end of the war looks like or when it might happen, insisting that it is up to Kyiv.

But a growing number of lawmakers and foreign policy experts are challenging that position, arguing that Russia will not take any negotiations seriously unless the United States is at the table, given its leadership of the West and its investment in Ukraine’s war effort.


“The risk of the strategy is it has no conception of an endgame,” said George Beebe, director of grand strategy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, adding, “It’s a recipe for continuing this war.” The Quincy Institute, which advocates for diplomatic solutions to international conflicts, is one of several groups that endorsed the liberal lawmakers’ letter after seeing an early version.

Behind the liberals’ concern is the reality that the war only seems to be escalating. Russia last month illegally annexed four Ukrainian territories, a move condemned by more than 140 countries at the United Nations. Putin has also repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons, prompting Biden to warn that the world faces the most serious “prospect of Armageddon in 60 years.”

“President Biden said quite accurately that if present trends continue, we could be headed toward the most dangerous crisis we’ve faced since the Cuban missile crisis. The question then is, what do we do about that?” said Beebe, who served as director of the CIA’s Russia analysis team and as special adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney. “Simply saying it’s up to Ukraine to decide is abdicating the responsibility America’s leaders have to safeguard the security in all of this.”

Congress so far has provided the White House with nearly all the money and weapons it has requested for Ukraine, but surveys suggest that public support for the war effort is softening. A Pew Research poll found that the share of Americans who are extremely or very concerned about a Ukrainian defeat fell from 55 percent in May to 38 percent in September.
Among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, 32 percent say the United States is providing too much support for the war, up from 9 percent in March.

In all, the United States has authorized upward of $60 billion in aid to Ukraine. The Senate voted to finalize more than $40 billion in new military and humanitarian assistance in May, the largest investment in Ukraine thus far.

All Democrats in both chambers supported that package, but signs of a small but notable GOP dissent were evident, as 57 of 212 House Republicans and 11 of 50 Senate Republicans voted against the aid.

Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, said that neither Russian nor Ukrainian leaders are likely to agree to negotiated compromises right now. The United States has argued that Russia flagrantly violated the United Nations charter by invading its neighbor, which complicates any negotiations because it would put the burden on Washington to explain how any compromise respects the U.N. charter.

Still, Haass, who has held various high-level diplomatic positions in the U.S. government, said it is up to the United States to define what success could look like and to outline acceptable outcomes.

“One of the norms at stake is that territory is not to be acquired through the use of force. For those who favor the United States pushing for a deal, the burden is on them to explain how does the United States do that in a way that’s consistent with that principle,” Haass said. “At the end of the day, the United States cannot subcontract out its foreign policy to Ukraine or anybody else. We never do that.”

The letter’s signatories indicated that for now they will still support Ukraine aid packages, but it remains unclear whether that would continue if Biden does not soon pursue a diplomatic track.

“We agree with the administration’s perspective that it is not America’s place to pressure Ukraine’s government regarding sovereign decisions,” the letter says. “But as legislators responsible for the expenditure of tens of billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars in military assistance in the conflict, we believe such involvement in this war also creates a responsibility for the United States to seriously explore all possible avenues.”


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Biden attacked the fossil fuel industry on day one. Inflation and higher gas costs began then. That was before Ukraine.
I am glad to see some pushback on Ukraine. All the Dems have is abortion and it is getting no traction. That increases the chances that this Admin will do something even more reckless before the elections.
We have not began to see high food prices yet. Wait until next year
 
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Putin has initiated or been offered peace talks several times.

Russia's line is the same every time: give us all the land we occupy, give us all the land we claim, cede the lands we've already claimed, Russia keeps all of the Ukrainians it's forcibly "evacuated" to Russia, Ukraine has to stay out of NATO, Crimea has to receive plentiful water from Ukraine, and Russia makes no concessions at all since it's planning on taking more of Ukraine the next time it attacks Ukraine.

What exactly are "talks" supposed to achieve if they don't end the fighting and don't do anything at all to dissuade Russia from engaging in future aggression on its neighbors?

As for the "wait and see" argument, we've heard that several times from Russia and its apologists - and we haven't seen anything new or different yet except that Russia looks more and more weak with every passing crisis.

The only way to end this - for everyone's sake - is to finally bury Stalin's ghost for good and for all. We've never seen a better opportunity for doing so than the one Russia and Ukraine have given us now, so it seems incredibly unlikely that we'll see a better opportunity to do so in the future.
 
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Putin has initiated or been offered peace talks several times.

Russia's line is the same every time: give us all the land we occupy, give us all the land we claim, cede the lands we've already claimed, Russia keeps all of the Ukrainians it's forcibly "evacuated" to Russia, Ukraine has to stay out of NATO, Crimea has to receive plentiful water from Ukraine, and Russia makes no concessions at all since it's planning on taking more of Ukraine the next time it attacks Ukraine.

What exactly are "talks" supposed to achieve if they don't end the fighting and don't do anything at all to dissuade Russia from engaging in future aggression on its neighbors?

As for the "wait and see" argument, we've heard that several times from Russia and its apologists - and we haven't seen anything new or different yet except that Russia looks more and more weak with every passing crisis.

The only way to end this - for everyone's sake - is to finally bury Stalin's ghost for good and for all. We've never seen a better opportunity for doing so than the one Russia and Ukraine have given us now, so it seems incredibly unlikely that we'll see a better opportunity to do so in the future.


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Do you realize what you are wishing for here?


 
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I see Il Cattivo cooly wishing for the success of the attacked Ukrainians, to the betterment of the western and democratic world that respects sovereign boundaries, mostly.

I'm not clear what others are wishing for, other than the failure of the current Admin regardless of collateral damage to European countries, up to and including substantial loss of lands now, and likely further in the unchecked future by a placated Putin/Russia. But I'm open to clarification.
 
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Should we come into your office one at a time and tell you, or do you just want us to shout our answers all at once?
 
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All at once, then.
 
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It’s not just the far left that thinks that we must negotiate and end to this war. It seems to me that we as a nation are walking blindfolded towards the cliff, choosing to ignore those who are shouting STOP!

“Jack F. Matlock, Jr. is a career diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987-1991. Prior to that he was Senior Director for European and Soviet Affairs on President Reagan’s National Security Council staff and was U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1981-1983. He was Kennan Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and has written numerous articles and three books about the negotiations that ended the Cold War, the disintegration of the Soviet Union, and U.S. foreign policy following the end of the Cold War.”

“ Why the US must press for a ceasefire in Ukraine”
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“ The leaders of both Russia and Ukraine have set impossible goals. In fact, not a single participant in the war in Ukraine has espoused a goal that can restore peace in the area. Russia’s recent incorporation of four Ukrainian provinces into the Russian Federation will not be accepted by Russia’s neighbors or by most European powers.

Given the passions aroused by the war and its atrocities, Ukraine, even with NATO support, cannot create a stable, functioning state within all the borders it inherited in 1991. If Ukraine tries to regain these territories by force and is encouraged and empowered by the U.S. and NATO to do so, Russia (and not just President Putin) will very likely demolish Ukraine in retaliation. Reality trumps illusion whenever the two conflict.

And if war should stop with the destruction of Ukraine — Kyiv and Lviv leveled as Grozny once was — that would assume that escalation does not involve the use of nuclear weapons. If the Russian leader feels convinced that the U.S. and “Western” goal is to take him out, what is to prevent him taking out others as he goes?”

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And if war should stop with the destruction of Ukraine — Kyiv and Lviv leveled as Grozny once was — that would assume that escalation does not involve the use of nuclear weapons. If the Russian leader feels convinced that the U.S. and “Western” goal is to take him out, what is to prevent him taking out others as he goes?”

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100% spot on

All you regime-change armchair-Generals here better understand what you are going to get.

Do we really want the plot of the movie Threads to play out over a pissant corrupt little country like Ukraine?


 
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The only way to end this - for everyone's sake - is to finally bury Stalin's ghost for good and for all. We've never seen a better opportunity for doing so than the one Russia and Ukraine have given us now, so it seems incredibly unlikely that we'll see a better opportunity to do so in the future.


Dude

Do you realize what you are wishing for here?

I'm with PASig on this.
Il Cattivo: You do realize that we've been trying to end war "for good and for all" since Cain and Abel? Wasn't World War I the "war to end all wars"?

Why some progressive Democrats are urging Biden to rethink his Ukraine strategy
By Rajan Laad

Such is the appetite for a war that the likes of Trump, Tucker, and Tulsi were branded Russian propagandists for merely demanding a peaceful solution via diplomacy and an end to unconditional aid.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) recently said that a GOP-led House would oppose more aid to Ukraine. McCarthy was called pro-Putin for his position by Rep. Liz Cheney.

Make no mistake, the support for war doesn’t emanate from the concern for the Ukrainian people.

It is more about quid-pro-quo deals that DC politicians have with cronies and donors such as arms dealers and others. This is why DC stands together in unconditional support of the war. This also explains their unhinged reaction whenever anybody mentions ending the conflict. Some probably stand to make such a considerable fortune that will leave them rich enough to retire prematurely.

CBS News revealed that of the billions in military aid that the U.S. dispatches to Ukraine, merely 30% of it reaches its final destination. CBS then deleted the report and tweets linked to the report after their Democrat bosses probably walloped them with a metaphorical stick for telling the truth.

The letter excluded the obvious serious security concerns about sending unlimited and unaccounted arms to a war zone.

The war in Ukraine has attracted over 20 thousand foreign fighters. The advanced weaponry sent there could be sold on the black market ending up with terrorists. Perhaps some of the unvetted foreign fighters are terrorists. In both cases, the U.S. could have unknowingly funded terrorism.

The letter also deliberately excludes mention of corruption and cronyism in Ukraine under President Zelensky which increases the likelihood of the aid being misused.

https://www.americanthinker.co...kraine_strategy.html



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