When is the admin going to run out of excuses?

  • nukeM
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    3 months ago

    How is this making fun of the IDF? Seems to me the topic is the Biden administration’s arbitrary restrictions on Ukraine.

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      3 months ago

      to be clear, ukraine went ahead and did this anyway. And then the US lifted restrictions on this kind of stuff (idk if it was completely, but they did do it)

      It’s not really arbitrary, it’s just geopolitics being geopolitics, ukraine and the rest of europe showed that russia would bluff, and we’re supporting them more now.

      I guess it should make sense coming from a partially republican legislature that doesn’t even believe in the ukraine war to begin with.

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        3 months ago

        It’s about atacms strikes deep (+100km) inside russia, what according to you did they do “anyways”?

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          3 months ago

          they have sent other munitions from other sources fairly deep into russia, i believe the submarine dock attack was with a storm shadow missile, and at least one drone attack, the obvious one being the kremlin bombing, as well other other sourced materials they can find. They’ve been doing it whenever accessible and possible. Oh and obviously the recent offensive into russia itself.

          The obvious example is the ATACMs missile, but i believe that was post restriction.

          to be clear here, i’m not saying they broke the US restrictions, i’m saying they broke the “taboo” on firing into russian territory.

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              3 months ago

              sevastopol is in crimea right? Is crimea recognized broadly by the global nations to be ukrainian territory? Crimea is annexed by russia, there was a whole thing around this when it happened. I know ukraine contests this and wishes to get it back, but currently for most intents, and most purposes, crimea is a part of russia.

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            3 months ago

            Ya I’m with you there, they have broken so many taboos (or as the russians call it, red lines), tanks, western help, javelins, hitting oil depos, substations (but that was retaliation I guess), …

            What about a kremlin attack? I only know about a staged one with a drone from IDR like 2022?

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      3 months ago

      The trick to a good proxy war is that everyone involved has to participate via proxy. Russia broke the rules and now we all have to walk on eggshells.

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        3 months ago

        You’re wrong. Such decisions are made by the Executive branch.