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Unfortunately, US policy can change wildly with each new administration.
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President Joe Biden promised Volodymyr Zelenskiy unwavering US support as Ukraine’s effort to beat back Russia’s invasion nears its 11th month even as support from Republicans poised to take control of the House wanes. 
“The American people are with you every step of the way, and we will stay with you. We will stay with you for as long as it takes,” Biden said at the White House on Wednesday during a joint press conference.
President Joe Biden welcomed Volodymyr Zelenskiy to the White House on Wednesday, as the Ukrainian president sought to firm up US support for Kyiv’s defense against Russia in his first trip outside his country since Moscow’s forces invaded. 
Biden and first lady Jill Biden greeted Zelenskiy on the White House’s South Lawn shortly after 2 p.m. in Washington, as the Ukrainian leader began a whirlwind trip that will conclude with an address to Congress in the evening. 
“300 days, it’s hard to believe,” Biden told Zelenskiy in the Oval Office, remarking on the length of time that has elapsed since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded. “300 days of going through this as Putin has waged a brutal assault on Ukraine’s right to exist as a nation and the attack on innocent Ukrainian people.” 
Biden said Putin is “trying to use winter as a weapon” by bombarding civilian infrastructure in Ukraine with missiles and drones, including power, heat and water supplies. 
“But the Ukrainian people continue to inspire the world,” he said. 
The US seeks a “just peace” in the conflict, Biden said. 
Zelenskiy told Biden in English that Ukraine controls the situation in the war thanks to US support. He thanked him “for your big support and leadership,” but cautioned that “the war is not over.”
The US president wore a dark blue and yellow tie, similar to the colors of Ukraine’s flag, and Jill Biden wore a lighter blue dress. Zelenskiy wore an army-green sweater and cargo pants, his customary attire in public since Russia’s invasion. Biden placed a hand on Zelenskiy’s back as they turned to walk into the White House.
Biden’s administration on Wednesday announced $1.85 billion in additional military aid to Ukraine, including a Patriot missile battery to help the country bolster its defenses this winter. 
“We’re going to strengthen Ukraine’s ability to defend itself, particularly air defense, and that’s why we’re going to be providing Ukraine with a Patriot missile battery and training your forces to accurately use them,” Biden told Zelenskiy, adding, “We stand with you. You’ve been a great leader.”
Zelenskiy will address Congress Wednesday evening after a meeting and news conference with Biden. Some Republicans have expressed skepticism or outright opposition to continued US support for the country.
His visit comes at a critical stage in the war. Ukraine has faced a barrage of Russian missile and drone attacks targeting its civilians and critical energy infrastructure in recent weeks, leading to power and water cuts.
Zelenskiy flew from Europe on a US government plane earlier Wednesday, landing at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington. 
He arrived at Blair House, where foreign leaders are accommodated across the street from the White House, just before 1 p.m. in Washington.
He has pleaded for more advanced weapons systems to blunt Russian attacks and for additional energy and economic support as his country’s people brace for a brutal winter.
While the new US aid package includes a single Patriot battery, which can hit missiles and aircraft at higher altitudes than previous weaponry the Biden administration has provided, it does not include weapons such as tanks or fighter jets that Zelenskiy and other Ukrainians say they need to continue to push back Russian forces.
In their meeting, Biden and Zelenskiy will discuss strategy on the battlefield and sanctions and export controls placed on Russia, as well as economic, energy sector and humanitarian assistance, according to a senior administration official who briefed reporters ahead of the trip. >

Ah! Thank you! >

Let’s just hope it doesn’t take longer than Biden is President >

Time IS of the essence here... >

Nah.  If Biden dies Harris will continue on.  Russia won’t last 2 more years with all this firepower going to Ukraine. >

Yeah, they will. They won’t make any ground though >

Nah they might hold stubborn for a few more months but they're facing equipment shortfalls as well as trade embargoes. The latter they're using to get around with shell companies but the amount of stuff they can get this way is far more restricted and easier to disrupt. 
They're running out of viable tanks, their own infrastructure is going to degrade till it begins to fail and eventually they're going to run out of supplies to maintain an expansive war such as this. 
Putin wont give up, it's the hard reality of his country coming apart at the seams that will force him out of the fight. >

I think you underestimate Ruzzia's capabilities and ties. Through rationing and good old fashion Russian meat shields, they can definitely sustain a 2 year conflict. they likely wont make any ground, but as long as there's not a coup and they have able bodied men they can keep it up as long as they want. >

The issue is they don't. People have been leaving Russia in droves my dude, and have been for a while. They've been forced to start letting people out of prison to fight in wars that they don't want to fight in. When you're at that point you're pretty desperate. >

Getting prisoners to fight in wars isn't desperation, it's just an easy pool of men willing to do a lot to get out of prison. Better incentive than patriotism.
Russia has plenty of boxes to throw in front of Ukrainian tanks, and their political structure is such they aren't likely to see revolution over the next year at least.
This war is a test for greater future conflicts. It's giving us a sense of how impactful modern tactics and weapons are. If Ukraine can really keep Russia at bay for years, or hopefully push them out of Ukraine, then I'll eat my words on Russia's threat.
They have 10s of millions of men you can throw in the field even outside of ideal age range and fitness, even if hundreds of thousands have already been drafted or fled.
I'm no Russian apologist. Damn them to hell.
But we should all be wary of any narrative that paints the Russians as so fundamentally corrupt and inept they can't fight their way out of a paper bag, which is a popular sentiment I see on these front page posts.
Wars have been won on throwing men into the meat grinder to exhaust the enemy. Homer Simpson proved that tactic already as a boxer. >

It’s not ww2 anymore old man, the future is now >

Yeah basically. At this point it seems like it will be pretty much impossible for Russia to win. The “we have more bodies” doctrine doesn’t matter when your enemy has more bullets, has multiple of your tanks, has a better equipped army by at least a few decades, and you don’t actually have more bodies. >

Great news. No coincidence that this is on the same day that Putin said Russia (he) would spend whatever it takes to win in Ukraine. Another arms spending race that he will never win, at great cost to Russia's citizens. >

It's basically the Soviet-Afghan War playbook all over again. USSR invades neighbor. United States provides arms, weapons and training to the locals to resist. USSR spends the next decade fighting a brutal war it can't win. The U.S. sits back and enjoys the view while Moscow destroys its own economy and military because it stubbornly refuses to admit its failure. >

Interesting parallel that I hadn't heard about before. >

Only difference is that unlike Afghanistan, I don’t think Ukraine is going to become quite the mess Afghanistan has become as of late >

We also aren't being shy about supporting Ukraine. Afghanistan, the CIA ran the show >

This is absolutely key. Us supporting the afghans wasn’t widely known until after the fact >

First off, it was Rambo, not Rocky lol. Second is that you can’t believe everything you see on the internet. Here is a good run down on the history of that memed title card, but in the end it was most likely just a shop and the actual card is tributed to the “Gallant People of Afghanistan”. Doesn’t change much about the content of the movie which fits your argument, but I think it’s good to bring up as people are eager to jump at things that fit their narrative (no judgement, I did the same thing and only when I looked it up to show someone did I realize I’d fallen for it hook line and sinker) >

I also wanna say it was good on zelensky saying it wasn’t a charity, but an investment on peace >

It's also an incredibly cheap investment in America getting a huge geopolitical upper hand in what is essentially a continuation of the cold war, without ever having to dispatch a single troop. Frankly the US should thank Ukrainians just as much as Ukrainians should thank the US. >

Yeah but republicans are angry for some reason. It’s like we can’t do nothing and we also can’t send our own military. >

Republicans don't like it because Ukraine is a great policy position for Biden, and there is little they can say to make him look bad on it without seeming overly pro-russian. >

And they know damn well that even if they're elected they would probably continue supporting Ukraine because it's simply the best possible look for the United States and it costs us pennies on the dollar in comparison to our actual wars. >

Yeah come election time in 2024 they really need to hammer DeSantis on his stance on the Ukraine-Russia war. Make him commit before the election. >

THIS is the message of Zelensky's visit to the US. We stand united against Putin and Russian aggression. >

Oh, not just Putin. China/Taiwan are listening too. >

China may go for Taiwan after a few billion more is spent on Ukraine. The logic would be there would be less commitment to defend Taiwan if so much has already been spent on Ukraine. >

Mostly what is being sent to Ukraine is what Taiwan wouldn't be able to receive or use. Ukraine gets some spare army bits, M777, HIMARS and some limited air defence.
The US Army mainly has it's combat power untouched. The entire USN, USAF and USMC is completely untouched - the two most powerful airforces in the world.
The US military is genuinely specced to fight two major peer engagements in two separate theaters at the same time, with all the combat power and sustainment that requires - basically the worst case of NATO Vs Russia (conventional) and US Vs China at the same time.
China is the boogeyman of the right. There would be plenty of political will to fight them and support Taiwan. >

And the US kit actually works. >

I had the opportunity a few months back to see the Chief of Staff for the Air Force address a unit (wing?) on an AF Base. It was… confidence inspiring. Was standing within arms reach of an F-22 while watching too which was just a whole different level of awesome.
TL;DR - as much as I don’t love the military industrial complex, I do appreciate the fact that our stick is the biggest, pointiest stick in the history of the world and gives us outsized influence - and responsibility - on the world stage.
EDIT: I’ll note that the confidence it offered was not that “lol we’ll nuke u” but that there was someone at the head of the AF with a decent head on his shoulders who I - probably as a naive optimist - perceived would say no to needlessly evil orders and had a glimmer of humanity about him. Also, I’ve wanted to fly an F-22 since I was 6 years old and life had a different path in store, so it was nice that it intersected in such close proximity with that airplane at some point. >

I tell people I know that I'm an anti war lefty. But I'm also a realist. SOMEONE has to be on top, and while I am upset at my government and want them to be better I sure AF dont rust Russia or China in the role. So I very much subscribe to speak softly and carry a big stick. And by GODS we have a BIG stick. I just wish we used it more justly. 
Thankfully this is just one of the most black and white situations I've seen in geo politics. >

Yup. I voted for Bernie. Twice. But I get really tired of the delusional “leftists” claiming that we should cut military spending by 50%. More auditing and responsible cuts? Sure. 
Frankly, the entire west has enjoyed a very comfortable life thanks to the US military. >

Hey fellow Berniecrat. Does the defense apparatus need an audit and be shaved down? Yes. But it should be 50% overnight?? No. It should be well thought out and planned based on observation. >

The Russian trolls must see the writing on the wall because they’re lashing out more than usual. >

Seen less Russ-bots since their funding thinned out after the war started. But they're still there. >

Ever since they started drafting people in Russia, I've seen way less obvious Russian bots. It's been nice tbh >

But they're bots? Not people? >

The bots are out in force tonight on all of these Zelensky posts holy smokes.
The vatniks are really not happy about this meeting. >

You’re fighting an important war online. You’re not just some schmuck posting online. Ukraine thanks you! Slava ukraini! Harambe slava. >

Thanks boo I needed this 💓 >

I genuinely can't tell if you two are serious >

Right… like people are legitimately dying and fighting for their lives to stop Russia and these guys are awarding each other for fucking comments on a forum like what the fuck >

Zelenskyy called out the global PR victory over Russia in his speech tonight. Telling vodka-soaked shills to STFU is a public service. Conversely, if criticizing someone on the internet is not valuable, then internet praise is also of no value and you needn't worry. >

It’s cheaper to let Ukraine ruin Russia then do it ourselves. We’ve let Russia step all over us for far too long with no response. Now they get what was coming. >

Walk softly and carry a big stick.
... and occasionally loan that stick out. >

More like give out a small portion of the stick you were already about to replace with new stick. >

"Wow, I gotta admit! America sure had a big stick!"
"Umm Russia, that's not America's stick. (Pointing) That's America's stick" >

"That's not a knoife, that's a spoon." >

Putin is counting on the rest of the world burning out or losing interest. “As long as it takes” is sending a clear message. I'm regaining my faith in the United States.
Fuck Putin. Glory to Ukraine! >

The US has 1.5 million active duty troops. Ukraine is estimated to have a million now. Russia is really talking about increasing their contract soldiers to 695,000. Where does anyone think they are getting 300,000? It's not the war changing announcement that Putin would like us to think. It's probably a lead up to full mobilization, but they just don't have that much left in reserves. >

And while they can absolutely send more bodies, their equipment shortages are a problem they can’t really solve. Sanctions have prevented them from manufacturing their higher quality equipment and their Soviet stockpiles aren’t infinite. Even with a quarter million troops actively engaged it won’t do much if all they’re equipped with is an AK-47. >

It did start with Trump, his response was to hold military aid for personal political gain until someone called him out on it, then it was released a day or two later.
There was a whole impeachment about it that GOP thought it was completely acceptable behavior to hold countries hostage for personal reasons. >

do you think anything could change say if Putin finally dies? or will someone else much worse get in, and  just continue the war ? >

It won’t change a lot. The siloviki - inner circle of the Kremlin - will remain. Patrushev - probably the next in line after Putin, the head of the FSB - also agreed on Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and also blamed the West on the reckless expansion of NATO. So the war will continue until Ukraine pushes Russia out of its territory, and Ukraine finally joins NATO, as it will deter Russia from invading again in the future. >

Patrushev did not just agreed.  It is believed he is the man behind the curtain that pulls Putins strings. Him and Kovalchuk. But if Putin did it would give them excuse to blame it all on him and get out of the mess they made. >

But even implicitly recognising the mess will be very difficult digesting for the hardliners, because the dreams of the return of the USSR will be essentially shattered and their grievances will continue to increase. I doubt any Russian leader would take the formal decision to end the war in Ukraine. >

Everyone is speaking about republican president for US stopping the aid. But why? This is extremely cost efficient for USA to hinder their no.1 enemy, russia. No lives lost, recycling older tech out and field testing various different satellite and intelligence strategies against the most propable aggressor in a full scale war. How does supporting Ukraine not only yield massive return of interest for each dollar, plus getting praise from rest of western world? >

Not to mention giving China pause about Taiwan, an engagement that would be more important to us and exponentially more costly. >

Also with Russia weakened and Europe opening their eyes and paying more for their own defense in the future it frees up more resources for the US to focus on China. America is getting a good ROI on every dollar spent on Ukraine >

As a Dane, who is embarrassed about how little we spend currently, I can only agree. >

Plus side, US is going to stick a big phat base right at Russias border after all this. >

Won’t be at Russia’s border but can see them getting a naval base in Odesa, Mauripol or Crimea when it’s said and done as a deterrent and to have one in the Black Sea.  Imagine you’d see bases/personnel in UK and Germany shrink and increase in Ukraine, Poland, and Finland.  Although all 3 seemingly have competent military structure.
Ukraine, with a monstrous amount of western investment to rebuild, could become a very major economy in the EU with their resources, ports, and geography to link the West to Asia.  Will need to remain diligent for decades to not allow corruption to take hold as the Russians will never stop trying >

The US could already have bases on the Black Sea in other NATO countries.   The US doesn't like to sail ships into the Black Sea because it's just a giant bath tub and any ships there are sitting ducks.  Look what's happened to Russia's Black Sea fleet, and Ukraine doesn't even have a navy. >

Yeah, but counterpoint: imagine all the Vatniks coping and seething when Ukrainian and American flags fly side by side at Sevastopol. >

We spent 8 TRILLION in Afghanistan and got nothing for it. Supporting Ukraine is a cheap bet that I'm happy to take. >

I have no idea if that number is correct. But if it is, this war is cheap for the US by comparison, and the stakes are much more important imo. >

Yeah I’m pretty sure it was actually $2 trillion. Could be wrong though. >

It was $2.313 trillion, I just Googled it. >

We won't know the full cost until every disabled veteran of that war dies.  The Veterans Administration provides money and healthcare to those veterans and their families for the rest of their lives. >

The US has been dumping our obsolete stockpiles onto Ukraine and that obsolete stockpile is greatly appreciated. 
You'll never see M1s, M2s or F35s handed over to Ukraine but MRAPS, Humvees, HIMARS and some ATGMs?  Sure have at it oh and here's the rest of our M113 fleet while we're at it.
The US has found the perfect place to dump old inventory and its killing the Russians which is just icing on the cake.
This is a great relationship for the US, helping a democratic state fight off an invader is exactly what the US should be doing on the global stage.  This is so much more appropriate than what we did in Iraq. >

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO GETS IT. Not only that, it is freeing up our stockpile for newer weaponry. Building new weapons creates jobs for Americans. 
Win -Win >

Everyone bitching about the cost is ignoring how much we pay to keep this inventory in working condition even though it's all obsolete.  We can't give the M113 away anyway and yet we have a fleet of them.  Ukraine gets them all, same with MRAPs.  
This is a huge win financially for the US in every way possible.   In addition we're actually doing something good in the world.
I swear the people who don't get this are probably the same people worried about Jewish space lasers. >

Good, and as a Brit we should be backing them for the same duration too
Putler needs putting in his place >

What has been the attitude about this in Europe? We get fuck all news about that in the states >

Almost every country in Europe was very helpful. Especially Great Britain and Poland closely followed by Czechia and Northern countries. France and Germany were disappointing. And Hungary is basically owned by Putin so there were no expectations to begin with. >

Not entirely sure why Germany keeps getting such a bad rap (Well know exactly why, it’s the usual Kremlin tactic of sowing division through information warfare. I’m just sad that they’ve thrown this shit at the wall long enough that it’s stated to stick.) German support of Ukraine has been massive. It’s constantly in the top 5 by most metrics. Where Germany hasn’t been able to provide aid directly, it’s even arranged 3rd party swaps to plug the gap. >

Lauren Boebert being the only one not standing to applaud during President Zelenskyy's speech just shows how little class she has. What a disgusting woman. The entire Congress applauding, representatives from both sides except her. What a cunt. >

Was MTG and the sex offender guy not there? >

I saw Gaetz in the video when Zylenskyy was leaving, he stood up but didn't clap at that moment. Had a stupid grin on his endlessly stupid face >

He really does have such a punchable face... >

Thank goodness Biden is president and not Trump. >

Thank fucking god. What a disaster this would be otherwise >

USSR killed Americans in Korea and Vietnam, Russia, if not destroyed will side with Iran and China in future conflicts. Russia is on the ropes, time to knock them out. Ukraine wants to be westernized just like East Germany and Baltic states have been. Give Ukraine the tools to finish the job and you lose an enemy and gain a tremendous ally. >

A friend is someone who comes to your aid in you most desperate need. >

Russia will lose this war and still have sanctions against it.  
Russia is losing men they can't afford to lose.  
Russia is not going to be able to keep a modern military well-equipped and won't have much soviet era stuff left over.   
Russia will not be able to bluff so much anymore.  
Russia will have to sell commodities to China well under market value.  
Russia will be less capable of retaining its own territory as separatists make moves.  
Russia is going to be the cock that sleeps next to the toilet. >

Aye aye, autocratic dicktators won't have their way this time >

Jesus, Russian trolls in full effect. All saying the same shit too. “We send 20B a year yet we still can’t get -insert social program-“. Fuck off. 
Funding our ally’s defense against a brutal oppressor is not why we don’t have healthcare lol. >

I’ll preface this by saying I’m not a fan of this being how the world works, and this line of thinking is morbid, and I hope the war ends ASAP because none of this is worth the lives of the soldiers stuck fighting it. 
That being said, of course the US is going to financially back and equip Ukraine in this fight, and there’s really no reason for it to stop as long as it’s ongoing. It basically only stands to benefit from this stance. Not only is there the moral side where most of the world and most of its citizens support Ukraine, but strategically, the US is essentially destroying the army of one of its biggest enemies for pennies on the dollar here: risking essentially nothing but a bit of debt (spent as money flowing into its own economy, mind you) to do so. >

Russia: we have lots of big warehouses with empty threats and lots of warnings. This is a warning. >

Any American supporting russia is treasonous >

Down with Putin >

A spending war with the US???
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA >

You got to like Zelensky, the guy has a lot of heart and is dressed like Jason Bourne 24/7, he is truly a man that the Ukrainian people and military can be proud of and will be remembered for generations.
Oh ya, it didn't take long for the bitch boys to come out. >

I liked Biden's ad lib about working on more Patriots for Ukraine. >

Putin bots in shambles. >

Thank god or anyone else you have faith in, isn’t a Republican leading the US at this point. >

War = Money  easy >

The Russian bots are working overtime on Facebook trying to stoke boomer fear. It's so sad seeing people fall for comments from obviously fake accounts >

It is kind of sickening to me how many in this thread are whining about endless war and how much money we're spending in Ukraine etc.
So far the military aid we've sent to Ukraine amounts to about 2% of our annual military spending alone. Can we stop pretending this is having some major impact on the federal budget? It's not like Congress ever would've spent that money on more discretionary (non-military) spending instead. You have no clue how DC works if you think otherwise.
And for what it's worth, this is an incredibly cost effective way of slowly disarming and crushing the economy of one of our largest adversaries, one who has put bounties on our soldiers heads abroad before, and it's completely their fault for ignoring the Budapest Memorandum they agreed to and invading Ukraine. 
If you're sick of this war, imagine how the Ukrainians feel. Putin is the asshole here, and the Russian puppets around him aren't any better for leaving him in power, let's not forget that. >

Well said! The people who think this money would go to healthcare or homeless vets if not for Ukraine are just astoundingly naïve 🙄 >

So pleased America is giving its full support to Ukraine. These brave courageous people need all the support they can >

Russia is a major enemy of the United States.
Supporting Ukraine helps cripple Russia, safeguards Europe, and helps promote US business. Win-Win. >

Makes only sense. Weaken russia and collect the PR points, stonger alliance with the EU... It's a win win for the US.