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Last edited by Soothsayer; 12-23-2022 at 11:41 AM..
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I just want the money audited and accounted for. If you really cared about the Ukrainian people, you would too. Right now I bet maybe 1/3rd of the money we're giving is actually going to the war effort. There's a reason why all those US politicians looked so giddy in the Capitol. Because they're pocketing a fuckton of that money. Merry Christmas... | |||
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This Ukraine - Russia war has global implications, including with NATO which is now stronger than ever and actually growing and with China which has goals similar to Putin's. We aren't doing this for humanitarian reasons, let's be real about that. One of those reasons those European countries live in relative safety and comfort is because of how much the U.S. spends on defense. It could have gone the way of East Germany with much of Europe, and if the U.S. adopted an isolationist policy after WW2 those countries not absorbed by the communists would have had to spend all of their own defense and that just isn't possible. It would have been a much different world. Trump was not wrong in saying other NATO members need to step up and pay for a larger share because the U.S. is shouldering the burden, but we see how that can benefit us and Europe. Not saying we should stick our noses in everywhere but in this war we needed to.
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I bet it has nothing to do with that. | |||
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I don't know of any good evidence that Ukraine is misappropriating aid on a large scale. There's bound to be some level of waste, but that's just to be expected in a situation like this, and you can't individually control what every single soldier, military official, etc. does. I'm all for some sort of accounting process to ensure that stuff we're giving isn't just being wasted or sold off on a large scale, but there's just no evidence that what we're giving is largely going to waste. | |||
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Gonna win any day now | |||
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They've held that honor for years. But all of a sudden, in the last 6 months, they can be completely trusted. It's like lending your meth addicted cousin $5000 and him convincing you everything is fine. | |||
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