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Peter  V's avatar

What really makes no sense for me on Ukraine is that it isn't like the money is going off to eastern Europe, it's going to all american red blooded munitions manufacturers. It's spent in the USA. What am I missing here beyond the obvious that the GOP has become a useful idiot for Putin? Is it just that if Biden wants it, the GOP has to oppose it. That I understand. That's called ignorant stupidity.

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rlritt's avatar

Useful idiots for Putin.

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max skinner's avatar

It's about what the former president wants. There's plenty of speculation and hypotheses about why he wants Ukraine to fail.

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Walter Chuck's avatar

What gets lost in this whole sh*t storm is that Ukraine gave up its nuclear arsenal for guarantees of assistance. Who can say what might have happened to them had they not but what can be said is that the world is safer without them. For this fact alone the decision should be simple.

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rlritt's avatar

You would think the munitions corp. would put more weight on their Republican Congress people that received campaign funds from them.

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SandyG's avatar

Thx for noting this. This fact never comes up in discussion about Ukraine.

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R Mercer's avatar

Trump got in trouble because of UKR and Zelensky did not kiss Trump's ass like he was supposed to.

So Trump will screw over UKR if he can and the GoP will help him because they are the party of Trump.

Plus they like ethno-nationalist/Christo-fascist, anti-woke Vlad more than they like Biden.

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Plainsbilly's avatar

Plus Putin's scripted "alpha" male leadership. And Trump and many of his acolytes think he is an alpha. Can you imagine Don and Vlad riding horses bare chested together? Chuckle. I see a sway-backed mount beneath Trump.

As an aside, Trump's required presence in court will put to the test his endurance(?). Don't know if that is the right word, but he won't have several hours of "executive time" blocked out on his schedule.

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R Mercer's avatar

I suspect Trump is ADHD and needs a lot of activity/stimulation. He is not going to do well sitting around in enforced inactivity in a place he does not want to be ITFP.

It is going to further fuel his decomposition.

The image of a shirtless Trump and Putin riding horses side by side was NOT one I wanted to see--so TY for THAT :P LOL.

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rlritt's avatar

He's an old man with a bad diet.

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SandyG's avatar

I've worked with students with ADHD. The one thing they can't stand is boredom.

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rlritt's avatar

I have ADD and I can stay awake when it's important.

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SandyG's avatar

That says a lot if Trump's problem is his ADD. Thx.

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R Mercer's avatar

Some years it seems like half of my students have ADHD

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Different drummer's avatar

I don't think you're missing anything. Don't know which is more extreme: the House Repubs' total corruption or their stupidity.

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Amanda's avatar

Yeah I don't think you're missing anything.

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