Teslag said:
It's more of an effort to show Russia that they cannot and will not be allowed to project violent expansion westward. We won't allow it.
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and Putin has never expressed interest in them.
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It's only the US that has been expanding NATO eastward since fall of Soviet Union.
BlueTaze said:
Break down?
$180B to Ukriane and defense contractors, $20B to corrupt buearacrats.
Care to break down how $200B is "pennies"?
Brother Shamus said:
Don't bother - homeboy profits from the war along with every other annoying defense contractor on this board. Lives for a buck is their motto!
BlueTaze said:
In one breath you say it's just "pennies", in the next you demand an itemized expenditure break down.
I will be very surprised if it doesnt end up being more than $200B of actual expenditure in the end. Iraq and Afghan was $4-8T!!! I guess that is more than "pennies", maybe it's "a few dollars" to you...Better get a break down to be sure!
Instead of crying over spilled milk, the better question is how much is too much? What is the dollar figure amount you would say is too much we need to cut it off?
If you can't define what our stop loss is, you are just another irresponsible person who thinks we can just print and spend unlimited. Its careless, and probably the biggest threat to our empire. Our enemies want us to go further into debt, they own our debt.
If you can't clearly define what is too much, YOU are part of the problem.
And you can't answer a simple question that more than several posters have asked you here. How much money spent on this massive grift is too much? We could have done a hell of a lot more good here in our own country with this amount of money than will ever be done in Eastern Europe. That's a fact.Teslag said:BlueTaze said:
In one breath you say it's just "pennies", in the next you demand an itemized expenditure break down.
I will be very surprised if it doesnt end up being more than $200B of actual expenditure in the end. Iraq and Afghan was $4-8T!!! I guess that is more than "pennies", maybe it's "a few dollars" to you...Better get a break down to be sure!
Instead of crying over spilled milk, the better question is how much is too much? What is the dollar figure amount you would say is too much we need to cut it off?
If you can't define what our stop loss is, you are just another irresponsible person who thinks we can just print and spend unlimited. Its careless, and probably the biggest threat to our empire. Our enemies want us to go further into debt, they own our debt.
If you can't clearly define what is too much, YOU are part of the problem.
So you can't break it down and have no source. Thanks!
THIS IS WHY THEY LOST!!!
— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) November 14, 2024
BLINKEN: “President Biden has committed to making sure that every dollar we have at our disposal will be pushed out the door [to Ukraine] between now and January 20th”
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Trying to get up to date with this thread, but you are saying $150-200 billion a year to Ukraine?Teslag said:
I'm okay with $150 to $200 billion a year on it for direct military equipment training and ammunition
Teslag said:
I'm okay with $150 to $200 billion a year on it for direct military equipment training and ammunition
BlueTaze said:Teslag said:
It's more of an effort to show Russia that they cannot and will not be allowed to project violent expansion westward. We won't allow it.
But what does the US have to lose by letting Russia take Eastern Ukraine or all of Ukraine for that matter?
According to the NYT, unnamed US and European officials have "even suggested that Mr. Biden could return nuclear weapons to Ukraine that were taken from it after the fall of the Soviet Union," which "would be complicated and have serious implications."
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) November 21, 2024
Yes, implications like… pic.twitter.com/gILZNqWctC
But I was told this is just saber rattling, and arming/funding Ukraine meant we were safe from inflation/wider conflicts etc. This clown is in London now, so maybe he is just parroting Russian propaganda or something. He made the statement during a Pravda award ceremony, after all.Quote:
Kyiv's former military commander in chief said the direct involvement of Russian allies in Ukraine means that World War III has officially begun.
"I believe that in 2024 we can absolutely believe that the Third World War has begun," former military chief Valery Zaluzhny warned Thursday, according to Politico.
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Zaluzhny's grim warning came during the second Ukrainska Pravda's UP100 award ceremony, which celebrates 100 leaders of Ukrainian civil society, politics, military, business, sports and culture.
nortex97 said:
NYT reporting Biden might give nukes to the green goblin as a parting gift?According to the NYT, unnamed US and European officials have "even suggested that Mr. Biden could return nuclear weapons to Ukraine that were taken from it after the fall of the Soviet Union," which "would be complicated and have serious implications."
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) November 21, 2024
Yes, implications like… pic.twitter.com/gILZNqWctC
Teslag said:nortex97 said:
NYT reporting Biden might give nukes to the green goblin as a parting gift?According to the NYT, unnamed US and European officials have "even suggested that Mr. Biden could return nuclear weapons to Ukraine that were taken from it after the fall of the Soviet Union," which "would be complicated and have serious implications."
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) November 21, 2024
Yes, implications like… pic.twitter.com/gILZNqWctC
Nowhere in that article does it say "Biden might give Ukraine nukes"
Biden officials telling the NYT they are considering giving Nukes to Ukraine to…prevent Putin from…re-invading again, or something.J. Walter Weatherman said:Teslag said:nortex97 said:
NYT reporting Biden might give nukes to the green goblin as a parting gift?According to the NYT, unnamed US and European officials have "even suggested that Mr. Biden could return nuclear weapons to Ukraine that were taken from it after the fall of the Soviet Union," which "would be complicated and have serious implications."
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) November 21, 2024
Yes, implications like… pic.twitter.com/gILZNqWctC
Nowhere in that article does it say "Biden might give Ukraine nukes"
It's like the saddest game of telephone imaginable.
Article - "Random anonymous staffers suggest Biden could give Ukraine nukes back as a deterrent to Putin launching more unprovoked invasions."
Tweeter (who is also pro Palestine from the rest of his posts, great sourcing as usual from Nortex), shares the article with the usual anti-US commentary.
Nortex shares the anti US/pro Palestine twitter account and claims the article said Biden wants to give Ukraine nukes, despite the article not saying that, banking that people won't actually read the article.
Rinse repeat.
So as much as roughly a quarter of our own defense budget to Ukraine on an annual basis? Brilliant....And we wonder why our national debt is completely out of control. Let the EU pay for this BS.Teslag said:
I'm okay with $150 to $200 billion a year on it for direct military equipment training and ammunition
nortex97 said:Biden officials telling the NYT they are considering giving Nukes to Ukraine to…prevent Putin from…re-invading again, or something.J. Walter Weatherman said:Teslag said:nortex97 said:
NYT reporting Biden might give nukes to the green goblin as a parting gift?According to the NYT, unnamed US and European officials have "even suggested that Mr. Biden could return nuclear weapons to Ukraine that were taken from it after the fall of the Soviet Union," which "would be complicated and have serious implications."
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) November 21, 2024
Yes, implications like… pic.twitter.com/gILZNqWctC
Nowhere in that article does it say "Biden might give Ukraine nukes"
It's like the saddest game of telephone imaginable.
Article - "Random anonymous staffers suggest Biden could give Ukraine nukes back as a deterrent to Putin launching more unprovoked invasions."
Tweeter (who is also pro Palestine from the rest of his posts, great sourcing as usual from Nortex), shares the article with the usual anti-US commentary.
Nortex shares the anti US/pro Palestine twitter account and claims the article said Biden wants to give Ukraine nukes, despite the article not saying that, banking that people won't actually read the article.
Rinse repeat.
Pro-war caucus: "but that x user doesn't support Israel and no one is on record saying it could happen so this is just crazy talk."
Whatever, I know the pro-war team trusts the Biden-Harris administration's decision making and Nuland war planning without question, and that the war is going just great. Not trying to persuade you.
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NYT reporting Biden might give nukes to the green goblin as a parting gift?