Can we offer this Ukranian solider a scholarship?
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Russia doesn't suck, unfortunately. Their influence and growing allegiances w autocrats should be of concern to anyone with a shred of perspective, historical knowledge, foresight, and an ability to remove political bias from their assessment.
I must remain disciplined at this point and not engage too much more. There's not much convincing going on in here it seems. #SAD. I just hope you guys are following the correct sources re: Ukraine. Look at the facts as presented and form your own base of knowledge/thoughts. Not someone else's. Anything from a politically-charged rag, either side, is not your ticket to success. Circlejerks are even worse.
This is the one I read daily. I submit that nobody who follows the war needs much else. It's top notch.
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Russia doesn't suck at everything. I like Russians. I like their vodka, women, dumplings, etc. There's a lot to like.
Putin's regime really sucks. And so does the regime's ability to wage pointless wars.
They do have a lot of nukes.
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I guess we have different definitions of suck. They do suck by many definitions, but they're still a major threat that needs to be neutered/culled.
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Why not just leave them the fuck alone?
Putin ain’t putting the band back together.
And the fact they have a shitload of nukes is another good reason to just leave them the fuck alone.
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You really want to assert with confidence what will happen? Everything is a grey area. Nothing is assured. There are thousands of scenarios based on various strategic decisions gamed out already at the DoD, UN, Nato, you get the point. And then there's risk inherent with all strategic decisions and possible outcomes. Some have less, some have more. And then there's an acceptable level of risk. And worst case scenarios. What are they? You tell me. Hard to say. Thought experiment though: If withdrawing Ukrainian support increases the chances of eventual much larger American involvement or formation of new global powder kegs by even just 10%, is that worth it? I like to pull weeds before they kill more flowers, not after. Even if I can't be assured that they will kill all the flowers. The risk is there if you don't yank that shit. Don't yank it and you may eventually have to spill American weedkiller all over your lawn.
I could argue we ARE leaving Russia alone. What are we doing, really? We're mostly sending depot stocks already produced. Of course those stocks are valued in dollars and those are the numbers often regurgitated without context. American defense manufacturing also replaces those stocks. Where does that money go? Pockets. It's really a can't lose proposition and we are "spending" pennies on the dollar, without any feet on the ground, in order to neuter Russia and hopefully prevent the possibility of future escalation. Pulling support is a risk you really can't take with this guy. Pulling Ukrainian support kicks the can down the road to a potential much larger involvement later. Foresight seems to be lost, contrarian politics have taken over, and the political gain of holding up aid packages up has taken precedent. We will pay the piper. What do you think Putin going to do if American support stops? Massacre the rest of Ukraine, throw up a Russian flag, call it good and go drink a Moscow Mule? Fuck nah, he will push the limits at every opportunity if given the chance, because that's what he does. Because that's what all autocratic bullies do until they are stopped. Just look to the numerous examples throughout history of what happens when you don't. You say Putin won't do shit. I say he might. There's a large philosophical difference here.
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Our DoD, CIA and MIC dump the seeds for the weeds then want to go in and pull them
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Russia has no agency?
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Demonrats are desperate to launder money. They are about broke.
60 billion for Ukraine and 20 for our border. Hmm...
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