“It’s just shocking. I’ve never seen anything like it,” the president said Monday.
President Joe Biden called the behavior of House Republicans “shocking” on Monday for “walking away from the threat of Russia” for not passing aid for Ukraine.
“The way they’re walking away from the threat of Russia, the way they’re walking away from NATO, the way they’re walking away from meeting our obligations. It’s just shocking. I’ve never seen anything like it,” Biden said in remarks to reporters on the White House lawn.
Biden’s frustrations with House Republicans have increased after the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died Friday in prison.
The president urged House Republicans to pass aid for Ukraine on Friday, saying, “It’s about time they step up, don’t you think,” instead of going on an extended recess, which he called a “two-week vacation.”
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When we met our obligations they won the logistical war in Crimea and forced Putin to resort to terror bombing civilian targets in central Ukraine. Victory for Ukraine now means the destruction of the Russian state. Russia made it existential so of course the odds are long.
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The North Vietnamese had no chance of destroying America, but the Soviets funded the VC and North Vietnamese to tie down American resources and increase internal strife at home. From a purely NATSEC perspective there is no downsides to sending old equipment from storage to Ukraine. Clears out old stock and requires production of modern equipment to replace it. The Republicans would have been all over this 12 years ago.
The only reason why republicans are against this I can imagine are:
You anti-american pro-russian magats are the delusional ones.
He’s right on this one, you have no basis for that claim. You can’t just call everyone who disagrees with you a magat. Well- obviously you can, but it makes you sound like a jackass.
What in the fuck is a magat?
maga with a t at the end, derogatory term used to describe supporters of donald The John trump
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You’re not adding anything to these threads. You’re just shouting “nuh-uh” at everyone.
Who ya voting for in November?
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Cool so you’re voting for Trump.
Ignore them. The usual Russian troll farm posting on Lemmy.
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Well, which question do you want me to answer? I don’t think I sound delusional. I think you do.
Who said anything about destruction? Their stated goal is to reclaim stolen territory.
Does it matter? Its their right to fight, and in our duty/interest to help
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fuck off
I like how they obv took the time to methodically give all his naysayers one downvote. You are slain!
Edit: ayeeeeeee?! Im slain 2
careful out there!
Wait for it
Duty to defend an avowed ally? Interest because Ukraine is the only country standing in the way of Russia and NATO Art. 5.
Disagree all you want. You’re wrong.
So they’re not allowed to defend themselves against russia? Lol the fuck are you smoking…
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If we just let Russia steamroll through and take bites out of Europe with impunity, it’s going to be World War Three. Putin won’t stop with just Ukraine. He’ll try to take everything he thinks he can get.
An honest question - why would he want Europe? The assumptions for why he attacked Ukraine were because of some huge natural gas reserves that were discovered and because the pipeline from Russia to Europe goes thru Ukraine and they are forced to pay transit fees or something like that. The rest of Europe is all Nato and they can legaly attack them from all sides. Wouldn’t the decision to open a new front be like the most retarded thing to do?
Some of the countries that he’s on the record about wanting are part of NATO and/or the EU. If he tries to take them, it doesn’t matter how much of Europe he actually wants to mess with. All of Europe will get involved.
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What’s your news source? Where’s your clarity coming from?