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Mfs spent 80 years fighting against Russian barbarism only to flip once the Russians start purging gay/trans people and start a war
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. >

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. >

I find it hard to believe it was less work for the US to ship shit overseas from the US than it is for neighboring countries to stick it on their existing rail. Again, if this alliance can't go 1 year without the US doing all the heavy lifting there are serious questions to be had about who deserves to even be in the alliance. Poland, your outlook is good, Germany? WTF are you as pathetic as you are? Quit making empty fucking pledges and start delivering. >

Democrats need to call out the Party of Putin by name. >

Republicans will do whatever the Russians pay them to do because they are traitors. >

The GOP is such a shit show. >

Ronald Reagan became a conservative hero telling russia to “Tear down this wall”.
Now they only vote for candidates who say “put it up again”. >

It’s almost like history is repeating itself regarding the GOP and appeasement..
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The America First Committee (AFC) was the foremost United States isolationist pressure group against American entry into World War II. Launched in September 1940, it surpassed 800,000 members in 450 chapters at its peak. The AFC principally supported isolationism for its own sake, and its coalition included many Midwesterners, Republicans, conservatives, socialists, students, and leading industrialists, but it was controversial for the anti-Semitic and pro-fascist views of some of its most prominent speakers, leaders, and members. The AFC was dissolved on December 11, 1941, four days after the attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into the war. >

yep. never forget that the first group to use "america first" were fascists too. >

Putin likes this. >

Interesting how the GOP can get their nonsense done but the Dems couldn’t do anything when they had the house >

It’s no secret… the GOP is Putin’s puppet. >

So what else is new? Republicans have zero interest in defending democracies at home or abroad. Their all about praising Putin, Erdogan and Orban. They want that for the USA because it’s the only way they’ll maintain power. >

Treasounous, anti Semitic, anti Muslim, anti veteran, anti poor, racist, seditious, homophobic, sex trafficking, worms supporting a Ruzzian dictator that murders his political opponents,  invades sovereign countries without provocation, who sends his orc army equipped with viagra to rape children and murder non combative civilians, oh yeah and wears platform shoes so as not to appear like a garden gnome... over Time magazines "Man of the Year" who has the balls to stand and face a tyrant, to look him in the eye, without platforms on,  who asks for bullets instead of a ride, that stands for truth and justice and peace and democracy...is about as Republican as you can get and what you should expect from shit stains that tried to wipe their ass with the US Constitution. >

It is important for American's who watch Tucker Carlson to understand that Mr. Carlson is, in fact, exposing them to Marxist-Leninist propaganda that is identical to the anti-American propaganda of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. >

I’ve eaten too many mushrooms and the pictures seem like they’re both impressed by seeing each other naked. >

Who would've thought that the Republicans would become the anti-war party.... >

They aren't anti-war, they're pro-Russia. >

Because he and the GQP insurrections are in league with Putin. >

Well it’s the Putin party since 2014. Not surprising. >

Old Marge is complaining about the conditions at the border with seemingly little awareness that this Congress led by her party could actually start doing something to deal with our immigration problem and the border.
FFS >

She is acting as Trump's messaging service to the House GOP. >

GOP
Grievance Over Pragmatism >

Sick of these Russian stooges >

Reading these comments. When did the left become the defenders of military spending? >

Since Russia invaded Ukraine >

$40 billion? >

Most of that $40B is for equipment built in the 1990s or for the GWOT in the mid-2000’s. HIMARS, Bradley armored vehicles, ATACMs, munitions for them, etc.  
Part of the $40B pays for the flights, board, food, etc to train Ukrainian troops on those systems in the US or Germany.  
And part of the $40B pays for replacement, next-Gen weapons for the US.  All will be made in the USA, by Americans, mainly in rust belt and southern poor states like Arkansas, Ohio, Alabama etc.  
Very little of the $40B goes into the Ukrainian treasury, but a few billion will, to help them make payroll for their military, make social security payments for their elderly, etc.  If the Ukraine currency fails, it will harm Ukraine’s ability to fight the war.  
I’m fine with my 1995-2005 tax dollars that paid for defense hardware going to Ukraine to keep them free from Putin’s fascist boot. >

POTUS has a record Defense Budget of over $800bn this year alone. If these "America First" isolationist fascist apologists block aid, Biden can just take money from the Defense Budget.
While it would be ideal for Congress to sign off on additional aid as it's needed, the Defense Budget can be used. >

gotta produce that work-product or daddy will release the kompromat. >

I mean, they can try... It's not going to get past the Senate or White House, but they can try. The Pentagon can send whatever it wants, and can buy whatever it wants with it's budget. House Republicans are going to realize they don't control shit other than the blame when their idiocy messes everything up. >

They very much do.  The House controls the actual budget, that's what got Trump in trouble when he withheld the aid to Ukraine.  They said X had to be dispersed by Y and he missed those dates. >

The fiscal conservatives, isolationists, and the Trumpy crowd that are super pro-Russia can all agree on blocking aid even though the cause is popular. 
They might pass one more small bill as an off ramp but this is one of the few things their caucus agrees on so the funding is going away for sure. >

The treason caucus. >

Theres no where near enough of those fringe Republicans in the house to actually block Ukraine aid. The Majority are pro Ukraine and I doubt McCarthy is going to go against them. >

We either fight the Russians via proxy for pennies on the dollar now or pay a much heavier cost in money and blood later. >

Not at all surprising seeing as the GOP is pretty much anti-Ukrainian. >

He ain’t gona stop SHIT. He’s a nobody. >

It’s hard to imagine jagoffs like Matt and Marge with so much power. Just a few years ago they would have been (and were) considered a rump faction to be ignored. >

So the side getting dark money from Russia is going to help russia >

Well, since all materiel will be paid back by Ukraine (just like the UK one recently paid up all the aid to defend the country against Hitler), one can surmise that either the GQP has no patrons among the industrial military complex or Putler is outbidding them every step of the way. 
Poor united states of America,  steadfastly being led to its doom by traitorous Moscow Mitchells and his ilk, voted into office by ignorant,  illiterate airsacks of prejudice and arrogant racism.
White, blond, blue-eyed, but nothing like the Scandinavians. >

No surprise here: the pro Russian arm of the Republican’t party wouldn’t have it any other way.