I think its rhetorical. Most of the post is. I don't think there's much to the foreign agent, Russian hookers or flat earth stuff. Anti-Vax is kind of a lie down with dogs and get fleas type of thing. But Alex Jones supporting conspiracy theorist? Oh yes. Dude went from a very well respected general to a conspiracy loon in pretty short order and then Trump decided to bring him into the cabinet and then kick him to the curb a month later.
Fuck over Trump the same way Trump fucked over Biden with the Afghanistan withdrawal deal.
Not sure I see that. The guy in charge is the guy in charge. He can and should audible at the line of scrimmage if he feels its necessary. That said, how do you think this fucks over trump?
I'm fairly confident that trump will broker a deal that cedes some territory to russia. Biden escalating doesn't change that. If anything it makes trump look more statesmanlike as he pulled the world back from the brink. Biden doing this doesn't add anything but 2 months of increased chaos. Nothing lasting.
So the entire war has been conducted under biden's watch but its the gop that's at fault here. Ok, makes sense. And how much debt should the US incur to prevent russia from taking a square inch given that this can go on for another 10, 15 years or more because we aren't going to break russia or prevent them from taking that inch without actually going to war.
Ummm, why would Zelensky need Trump’s assistance to give Putin what he wants? Zelensky doesn’t want to negotiate. He wants more weapons to keep fighting.
Seriously, do you have difficulty understanding what you are reading? I'm not even being mean, I'm sincerely curious. It will make me treat your posts entirely differently if I know that you're struggling with reading comprehension. You consistently tell me and others that we are making arguments that we aren't making, and it makes me wonder if you are just having a tough time understanding. I'm a terrible writer, and even worse with grammar, so it's entirely plausible that it's on me for not being clearer.
and I took your comments, "The Republican Party used to be able to be counted upon to tell Russia to fuck all the way off" to mean the gop has been less than eager to continue the aid to ukraine and has threatened to withdraw support. Which many have. And less about trump since he hasn't taken office.
Zelensky has already lost some gop congressional support and he knows that will only get worse as the new g'ment takes over and trump doesn't have the appetite for this long term. More weapons are going to be a short term thing and I think he knows that. Trump's mouth has backed him into a corner and he will feel compelled to broker a deal to say I told you so. I don't look for trump's approach to be very strategic past what makes him look good.
The oil is still flowing. China and Iran as still standing behind them. Yea, they can continue longer than the resolve from the US lasts.
13.4% forward looking inflation, 21% interest rates, Ruble continuing to slide, Gazprom first operating loss in 25 years, etc.
But sure, Tucker walked into a fully stocked grocery so everything is hunky dory.
They are importing Norks because Putin can no longer find soldiers outside the Moscow/St. Pete area, and drafting from there is political suicide. Russia most certainly can't continue this for 'years and years'.
Since this last attack by Russia we have spent about the same amount in the Ukraine as we have spent in day to day operations for our carrier forces over two years.. I think we have probably gotten more for our dollar from the Ukraine.
We've spent like $200 billion over 3 years in Ukraine. Acting like we are adding to our debt is the response of a dolt. Our annual defense budget is $800 billion. Russia's economy is crashing and if the Saudi's decide to flood the market with oil like they've been foreshadowing then it will only get worse for them. People like you were saying Russia would win in three days when this war started. Honestly if it weren't for the tragedy occurring to the people of Ukraine one of the best ways we could spend defense dollars is to keep Russia mired in an endless war that decimates their population, depletes their military and crushes their economy. As long as Ukraine wants to fight we should support them.
Weapons have a shelf live. At the end if that life, it costs a lot of money to decommission them. If we are now just sending the soon to be expired weapons to Ukraine and Ukraine shoots them into Russia, then that is a significant cost savings for the US.
