Mitch McConell says the quiet part out loud.

Exact full quote from CNN:

“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.”

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4085063

  • MultigrainCerealista [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    Yes, but the point is with Cuba, missiles were removed, peace deal was reached.

    Yeah so the obvious conclusion is that peace in Cuba required satisfying the US’s demand to not have a Soviet military presence there.

    Likewise peace in Ukraine requires not having a NATO military presence there.

    Pretending that NATO isn’t hostile to Russia is also simply disconnected from reality. You need to connect your world view to reality.

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      1 year ago

      Also we have been punishing Cuba with an embargo which has crippled their economy ever since just because we can.

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      Well, the weapons are still in Cuba, thank god :) and Cuba has an air force, which I suppose was given/sold to Cuba by the USSR/China, so maybe the US can also give some F16 to Ukraine. The USSR also sent planes and soviet crews to fight the Americans in Vietnam, so there is precedent for all that.

      NATO is hostile to russia’s imperial ambitions and so are all of its neighbours.