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FWIW, the EU population is roughly 440m citizens.  The US population is roughly 330m citizens.  The US is 75% the size of the EU in population.  There are efficiencies of scale that allow the US to be more effective.  France, Spain, UK, etc all support duplicative military structures to defend each state, whereas the US can leave vast swaths if states UN defended because so many assets are placed at the coastlines.
They don't have the votes to block it, fortunately. >

Couldn't McCarthy just not bring it up for a vote? >

If he wants to go against the majority within his own party to appease people like Gaetz, sure. >

The house rules they adopted allow the Russian caucus to force another vote for speaker.
The GOP is controlled by Putin, because their majority is dependent on a minority that is controlled by him. >

“The GOP is controlled by Putin”
Jack pot. The GOP has sold our country out. >

And they sold us on the idea that suddenly in 1991 the Soviet oligarchs suddenly started liking the US >

Republicans want an unstable world because it helps them argue “you need hard liners like us to save you in this uncertain time!”
Peace is bad for their political prospects, so escalating global tensions is in their favor. >

Yeah peace .. like selling billions in war equipment to Ukrainian to extend a war that would’ve ended already without us …. Lol >

At least you are consistent in supporting the aggressors in wars of choice.
Normal people find starting wars of aggression and of choice to be morally reprehensible. >

Again never said I support Russia.  I agreed with mitt Romney when he said Russia was our biggest threat..  remember when he was laughed at for that? I mean he should’ve been laughed at for lots of other reasons not saying that.  A dying former power with nukes is not a great time for the world.  
I believe Russia should’ve been dealt with long before and our nato allies should’ve stop buying their their oil and gas from the literal reason nato was created…. America might as well buy coal from NK.. just silly. >


mitt Romney when he said Russia was our biggest threat.. remember when he was laughed at for that? 

I do remember that. Russia wasn't a threat. It can't even defeat Ukraine. Mitt Romney wanted more military spending, specifically more naval ships. So which is it, do you want less or more military spending? >

We are spending for Russia LOL.  And they were a the bigges threat because of Russian influence!  Haha
For fucks sake they invaded the Ukraine what 2014?  2 years later?  And we were spending money to give them weapons to fight at the border? And we ramped up navy in the area! It’s so insane how you all rewrote history to fit whatever you want. >

Every accusation is a confession. It is you who are skewing the events to make it seem like they bolster your opinions when they don't.
Additional naval ships wouldn't have changed Russia's decision to invade Ukraine.
I didn't hear Mitt Romney say in the debate that Russian influence on his own party was the greatest threat to American interests. >

He said Russia was a threat and Obama said the Cold War is over.
In 2014 Russia invaded Ukraine.   And we’ve spent about 60+ billion that they have admitted too since with likely and endless amount moving forward.  
If you think “Russia is weak” is the full answer to this you should be scared of a cornered cat.  Russia can’t just bomb the hell out of Ukraine as they want the land and it’ll be unusable they don’t much care about many of the cities, but the industry is important.  They also have a dying leadership and tons of nukes and other weapons that regardless of whatever talking heads want to say clearly our military knows how dangerous they could become.  
So we’re literally in a semi Cold War again.  We’re now raised our military budget again, are producing new weapons to replenish what we sent and clearly Russia was a problem!  And Obama was dead wrong.  Which isn’t shocking he was terrible at foreign relations.  I mean nobody is as bad as trump but he was not even remotely good. >


[an] (sic) endless amount moving forward.

Russia cannot keep up their military efforts up indefinitely. With the firepower Ukraine is receiving, it is unlikely Russia doesn't start losing the territory it is holding at an accelerating rate.  

Russia can’t just bomb the hell out of Ukraine

That is what they are doing. Your analysis is shoddy and your writing style lacks credibility and it doesn't sound American. It literally sounds like you are free wheeling making things up on the spot.

So we’re literally in a semi Cold War again. 

There is a vast difference between the USSR and the Russian Federation. Russia will be brought to negotiations and their bargaining position is only getting weaker. Russia has already humiliated itself and it will be humbled. This isn't even close to a cold war. Russia isn't a superpower, it isn't even a regional power. You need power in order to be a power. Russia can only project power barely 50 miles beyond its borders. This isn't a cold war between rival superpowers. It is a rogue state committing war crimes that the west is now taking decisive action on. >

This is where you’ll see a revolt of the “moderate Republicans.” Because remember, “moderate Republican” means in the defense contractors’ pockets and I’m sure they are making a fortune off of this war. So it might be one of those rare occurrences where the morally right thing to do aligns with what “moderate Republicans” want to do and that forces McCarthy’s hand. >

So far, the only thing McCarthy seems capable of doing is keeping the moderate Republicans in line with whatever the loons want. >

Watch how quickly that changes if he starts pissing off the moderates big donors. >

I hope you’re right. Big Republican donors seem content to let democracy go to hell as long as they have lax regulation and low taxes. >

There are many levels at play in this game.  At the highest levels,  the donors don't GAF about the USA because they can relocate,  and have assets that are worth far more than dollars. >

This was 100% what that whole standoff with the treason caucus was about >

The military industrial complex is making money hand over fist in Ukraine, there's no universe where Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and their fellows allow this to happen. >

Probably the most likely truth.  Money and corruption always "trump" when it comes to politicians. >

I really miss using that word as a verb instead of a name. Like all the poor schmucks called Adolf back in the early 30s. >

Russian stooges and traitors to the United States >

Some republicans in the house probably cannot spell foreign policy or Ukraine.
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Foreign policy experts have sounded the alarm about the House GOP's fringe right potentially blocking the US from providing critical weapons like artillery and tanks that Ukraine needs to regain its territory. Indeed, sustained assistance to Ukraine looms as perhaps the biggest foreign policy battle in the new, divided Congress.
"The success of US assistance to date and the changing battlefield situation mean that many are worried about the fragility of the US Congress following the speaker vote, where a small number of members could derail future US assistance," Sean Monaghan, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Insider in an interview.

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The GOP's shift away from Ukraine and toward Russia has been years in the making, and reached a turning point when Donald Trump ascended to the White House.
In addition to repeatedly castigating Ukraine and amplifying Russian leader Vladimir Putin's pro-Russian conspiracy theories, Trump leveraged US aid to Ukraine while trying to strong-arm Zelenskyy into supporting his domestic political campaign, a scheme that eventually led to his first impeachment.
Gérard Araud, a former French ambassador to the US and the United Nations, told Insider that Putin couldn't have asked for more from the US vis-a-vis Ukraine.

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The republican party favors russia.  The United States does not.  But that won't stop the republicans, nor the Russians in the US. >

Yes because fascists in this country want to support the fascist in Russia. >

It turns out they're the actual globalists.  Everything they say is projection. >

Funny thing is they don't have religion to control people anymore >

This isn't because they are far right this is because these legislators have been paid off with Russian money. >

We’re all the victims of Kevin’s pact with the extremists. >

They really want Putin to win >

I thought pedophiles, like Matt Gaetz, weren’t allowed to be in Congress. >

I’m pretty sure there’s a direct line from Putin to the fascists without needing to go through trump. They all know who their daddy is >

So we gave Ukraine a huge amount of resources right before the congressional switch.  That gives Ukraine about a year to really push Russia out, but also gives Russia a timeframe when they know the aid is going to drop significantly.  
Not providing the aid is really going set the tone for the US this century.  We like to claim to be the leader of the free world, but if we don't put up here that's going to be a very hollow claim.  Not supporting Ukraine is going to push someone else to the forefront, and I'm not sure how that plays out. >

Look, I support Ukraine, I don't want the aid to stop, but the US is supplying more military aid to Ukraine than everyone else COMBINED. Not empty pledges, I mean actual deliveries. If the rest of the west can't fill in a 1 year gap, I am not sure they are even worth our protection to begin with.