This has been a hot topic for conservatives. I fully support Ukraine, but at some point, they have to say they can’t push Russia out. Ukraine does not have the manpower or firepower to dislodge Russia. They’ve tried and failed. Western support is starting to go down because they have not made progress.
I don’t know the solution, but right now, it’s just a war of attrition, and Ukraine loses in that scenario. I suspect this will be a big topic of discussion during the presidential debates.
Can I see your source for that?
Categorically untrue. It’s certainly stalled, in large part because Russia was allowed the time to dig in deeply, as Ukraine was drip-fed the arms and ammo they desperately needed. You can’t use the fact that Ukraine has not been properly supplied as reasoning to stop supplying them completely.
Again, most of the ‘aid money’ stays in your country. The money you are ‘spending’ is enriching US businesses and creating jobs. Further, the ‘sensitive technology’ is almost exclusively stockpiled weaponry that, if unused, would need to be binned eventually.
Leaving weapons gathering dust until they’re not usable in case someone discovers how they work is utter lunacy. They were made to be used, and even better, you don’t have to lift a finger as Ukrainian soldiers are the ones risking their lives.
Putin will not stop at Ukraine. The global system of order is at stake. The US looks pretty weak right now, and it’s all thanks to conservatives (that’s who I mean by ‘you lot’, I presume you’re a conservative since you’re posting anti-Ukraine material to a conservative group).
If you genuinely support Ukraine, then you’d support properly arming them so they can defend their country from a nation that’s hostile to both them AND you. Russia has ratfucked your election system, ratfucked your congress and senate, interfered with your democracy (such as it is), as well as mine and many other countries. You should be gunning to get at them, not bending over backwards to do their bidding. Which is what you’re doing by blocking funding for Ukraine.
In what fucking universe does Russia have that much military capabilities? They arguably only barely had it at the height of the ussr, let alone today
Putin isn’t the only threat to global stability. I didn’t say ‘Russia will conquer the world’. Think.
What message does it send to countries like China (vs Taiwan who are crucial for chip manufacturing) when the USA is too weak to counter Russia?
China would have to be insane to invade Taiwan, us involvement or not.
Lmao good to know you’re entirely divorced from reality
Remind me again, which USA political party sent a bunch of their senators to Moscow on Independance Day? Was it the one you vote for?
We don’t vote for parties. We vote for people. What senator from Oregon went to Moscow?
Right now I can’t see China invading. They would destroy everything they want to keep. China could win the war, but that would be a pyrrhic victory.
Exactly. China stands to gain basically nothing from an invasion. Taiwan has naturally defensible terrain, and the only thing they have of value is the semiconductor industry, which would be destroyed in the war. And both the optics and casualties would absolutely suck for China and ruin their reputation hard.
That and China have never shown great competence in using their military. I suspect they are a paper tiger.
Don’t worry. We will get the Democrats out before they weaken us to much more. All the whining they did about defense spending has allowed Ukraine to hold Russia off for two years. Had the Republicans not spent the money, Ukraine would have fallen after a week.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republican-us-senator-blocks-more-military-nominations-citing-abortion-policy-2023-11-09/
You got the wrong guys.
That isn’t weakening our military. Most of the paper pushers at top are pure political and do more harm than good. Milley did a lot of damage with his woke bullshit
The army is diverse by nature and has a purpose. It isn’t to preach woke values. They can’t figure out why recruiting is down when they attack the people most likely to join.
It must be nice to be able to pick and choose facts.
What you served, how often did you talk to those people? How much value did they provide you ?
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-russia-death-toll-questions-bakhmut-counteroffensive-1800947
It is categorically true. The counter-offensive has failed. There is no way to spin it otherwise. They did not achieve their military objective before winter. That is a failure. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/us/politics/us-ukraine-war-strategy.html
Russia attacks your country in many ways, not just with troops. Do you know what asymmetric warfare means?
Your ‘source’ for 1:1 figure is a leaked, unverified document?
The one to one was a comment from general Milley.
And we do the same to Russia.