• Hegar@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    It does though, the money earmarked for ukraine is mostly going to buy new stuff for us to replace the old stuff we give to ukraine.

    The reason is just so obviously that trump is a russian asset and now so too is the republican party.

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      9 months ago

      Not to mention that a Ukraine that survives the war relatively intact will then be familiar with NATO-standard equipment and not particularly likely to want to buy things from Russia

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        9 months ago

        And will then join NATO as the 3rd, 4th, or 5th most combat prepared force. I’d assume they’d be behind the US and UK but in the mix of France, Germany, and Turkey.

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          9 months ago

          Oh god keep going