“People think, increasingly it appears, that we shouldn’t be doing this. Well, let me start by saying we haven’t lost a single American in this war,” McConnell said. “Most of the money that we spend related to Ukraine is actually spent in the US, replenishing weapons, more modern weapons. So it’s actually employing people here and improving our own military for what may lie ahead.”

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[–] diffuselight@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Without the US more ukrainians would die and Russia would have overrun them by now and subjugated them into the shitshow they call motherland.

So it’s a win win.

Ask Ukrainians which version they prefer - US involvement or not. Oh wait, it’s pretty clear they prefer the kill rabid bear with Himars version.

The only version they’d like even more is killing bear with ATACMS and F16.

So fuck off tankie.

[–] Krause@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ask Ukrainians which version they prefer - US involvement or not.

Yeah there's just one little problem here fam: the US backed a coup there and installed pro-war neo-nazis in power, there was no question about it left to the Ukrainians.

[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

In the liberal imagination, history started this morning, every morning, unfortunately. Historical context is practically irrelevant to them once they've been told which side to pick.

I'm fairly sure that if you asked Ukrainians, there'd be a clear victory for 'please can everyone stop aiming RPGs at my grandma's house and my son's school?' although I'd expect regional split in the answers. The only people who root for war like this are (if there's a difference between them) psychopaths, liberals who are far from the frontlines, and fascists.

[–] GoodEye8@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

there was no question about it left to the Ukrainians.

Except for the nearly a million Euromaidan protesters and half the country in support of protest, with the support rising after the supposed "coup"? The very protest that set the "coup" in motion because Russia used the corrupt pro-russia prime minister to strike down the pro-eu deal. Seems to me like Ukrainians wanted this "coup".