Russian Missiles Hit Poland

[Rajoo]

I am concerned that in the GOP controlled House next year, arming Ukraine is one issue where the Freedumb caucus/GQP may vote with GOP. So far military support for Ukraine has been bilateral.

[Dondilion]

I suspect the general fears that the military is being trapped by a client state, ideologues, and hustlers.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

I suspect the general fears that the military is being trapped by a client state, ideologues, and hustlers.

OTOH, the intelligent way of looking at this is that we are seriously degrading the military capacity (and the ruling mandate of the leader) of our primary geopolitical foe through the expenditure of a small fraction of our annual DoD budget and without boots on the ground. A win-win for Ukraine and western democracies.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

I suspect the general fears that the military is being trapped by a client state, ideologues, and hustlers.

Client state? You are quoting Fucker Carlson. WTF does he know?

Tucker Carlson
@TuckerCarlson
Ukraine isn't a democracy. It's a State Department client state.

[Dondilion]

Julian Assange explains Afghanistan in 2011:

The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite. The goal is an endless war.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_IGU_7alJ80/

The difference this time is that war can easily slip into Armageddon despite the establishment of deconfliction. The president said as much. However, the hustlers here are gamblers.

Additionally what is peculiar about this client state is that it has access to the innards of both Dems and Repugs. Thus it can play one against the other. The US appeared trapped: the client state might draw it into a final war, not of its choice. The missile into Poland and Zelensky's response amplify the General's concern about escalation. He wants to wind this thing down.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Julian Assange explains Afghanistan in 2011: ...

Julian Assange? Seriously?

There's no question that the international arms industry is cutthroat, competitive and profitable. At least the western democracies deliver high quality military gear and not that ramshackle, unreliable shit the Russians are peddling and embezzling billions from.