Mineral Deal with Ukraine

[SamSpade]

...has been signed. I wonder why they'd sign anything before the peace has been established but it does mean that any aid they get is conditional.

Already the naysayers are saying that Trump is making them PAY for aid.

Well, damned straight.

 

[Kyle]

This nonsense with Ukraine has long reminded me how Washington called for avoiding permanent alliances and foreign entanglements, and the need to prioritize American interests.

we need to get back to that

 

[OccamsRazor]

This nonsense with Ukraine has long reminded me how Washington called for avoiding permanent alliances and foreign entanglements, and the need to prioritize American interests.

we need to get back to that

Get back to it?? Since when have we EVER done any of that?

 

[DaSDGuy]

Of course the naysayers will protest that Trump is making them pay for aid. Those very same demonrat naysayers are used to getting something for nothing. Having to return value on the taxpayers investment is beyond comprehension for their feeble little minds.

 

[vraiblonde]

Already the naysayers are saying that Trump is making them PAY for aid.

Those people are crazy. We've given Ukraine like $300 BILLION of our tax dollars, a lot of which can't be accounted for. Not sure why we're funding this "war".

 

[Kyle]

Get back to it?? Since when have we EVER done any of that?

When the nation was new.

 

[StmarysCity79]

Those people are crazy. We've given Ukraine like $300 BILLION of our tax dollars, a lot of which can't be accounted for. Not sure why we're funding this "war".

To keep one of our greatest enemies from destroying their country and allowing them to capture independent nations unchecked.

 

[gemma_rae]

To keep one of our greatest enemies from destroying their country and allowing them to capture independent nations unchecked.

Our greatest enemy? We'd be speaking German right now without them.

 

[DaSDGuy]

Our greatest enemy? We'd be speaking German right now without them.

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Nazi lovers like STD79 would prefer speaking German

 

[Clem72]

To keep one of our greatest enemies from destroying their country and allowing them to capture independent nations unchecked.

They wouldn't have "destroyed the country" if the international community didn't see this as an opportunity to get rich and increase both the severity and longevity of the fighting. And it's not our job to police which former Soviet republics are or are not part of Russia this week.

Be realistic, it's not a critical military asset for the west (oh no, we only have 14-15 other bordering countries or like 30+ within cruise missile range). And nobody cares if Belarus, Moldova, or Transnistria are next, our strategic borat mustache reserve can keep us afloat.

 

[Clem72]

This nonsense with Ukraine has long reminded me how Washington called for avoiding permanent alliances and foreign entanglements, and the need to prioritize American interests.

we need to get back to that

Get back to it?? Since when have we EVER done any of that?

To be fair, Washington was talking about France using fluffy political speech, and we followed that advice for like a hundred freakin years.