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Nancy (South NJ coast)'s avatar

Your warning to the West is exactly right. Ukraine has battled the "mighty" Russian military to a stalemate with minimal defense against attack from the air and sea. If it loses the war, this commenter, a life-long Democrat, will no longer be able to support Joe Biden. I am sure many other Democrats, already deeply unhappy about the manner of the withdrawal from Afghanistan, are likely to abandon him, too. Give Zelenski the d___n planes already! That's just for a start. Anne Applebaum says correctly that our side needs to focus on the objective, which is that Ukraine wins.

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suzc's avatar

That's fine, Nancy. But if you would trade a Joe Biden you're disappointed in for a Trump who will kill you as soon as look at you a la Putin, and finish off the Republic for a lifetime authoritariansim, I think that's a wrong choice. Just my 2 cents.

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Eva Seifert's avatar

Lay the blame for the Afghanistan withdrawal where it belongs - Trump for selling out to the Taliban, Trump for gutting the special visa program that included Afghanis who helped the US, Trump who decided that Muslims and the like were persona non grata in the US, Afghanis who, unlike the Ukrainians, refused to fight, and American idiots who were told to leave months before and still stayed there. I'm sorry, but Biden was handed a bad hand and did the best he could. And if you don't support/vote for him, then you can kiss the US goodbye for a very long time.

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suzc's avatar

I agree. Thanks for saying it. Again.

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Nancy (South NJ coast)'s avatar

Agree with everything in your comment. Except for the last sentence. If Ukraine doesn't win--if Putin is allowed to destroy democracy there and to do it by getting away with genocide--we can kiss our country good-bye.

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Eva Seifert's avatar

Well, that too, sadly.

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