• darkcalling@lemmygrad.ml
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    8 months ago

    Honestly hope it happens soon.

    US House is indicating they’ll pass the 60 billion of funding Biden wants but part of it will be as a loan (which apparently makes it more appealing to Republican hogs despite the fact they already own the country and if it loses big enough they’ll never collect) which I’m sure they’ll accept.

    And lately they’re talking in even more deranged tones of preventing a Trump presidency from disrupting the war funding by upping that 60 billion to a 100 billion commitment which is just very funny when these people claim to respect democracy except when it could get in the way of their war wants. (Also in light of the fact of how corrupt Ukraine is and how much of that would be stolen if delivered up front though they might be smart enough to put it in a fund that dispenses it over time)

    The only thing that is going to bring the Ukrainians to the negotiating table and to act reasonably towards Russia is the end of funding. And until that happens Russia is going to have to deal with a significant troop deployment that costs money and terror attacks.

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      8 months ago

      I will say the Ukranians have been ready to negotiate, only Uncle Sam yanks their leash violently to heel every time they’ve tried