This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
Here is a recap of the Ukraine situation, for those choosing to reject propaganda and continue seeking truth:
December 1994, Ukraine agrees to give up its nuclear arsenal in return for security guarantees from the US, UK, France, China and Russia.
February 2014, Russia invades and subsequently annexes Crimea, President Obama does next to nothing. War through weakness.
July 2019, Trump admin withholds $250 million in military aid to Ukraine to apply pressure to investigate alleged corruption by Hunter and Joe Biden.
February 2022, Russia invades a weakened Ukraine, world expects Zelenskyy to flee and Kyiv to fall within days. Ukrainians fight bravely for 3+ years, inflict hundreds of thousands of casualties on Russian army, weaken Putin politically.
U.S. has sent ~$70 billion in outdated military equipment to Ukraine since start of war, providing opportunity for U.S. military to modernize its weaponry. We’ve sent an additional $30+ billion in budget support, $75 billion in ancillary appropriations related to war.
~50,000 Ukrainians have died defending their homeland, protecting U.S. and Western interests in the process. Meanwhile, the U.S. President and V.P. are calling democratically-elected Zelenskyy a dictator and berating him in Oval Office in pursuit of a financial payoff.
The U.S. should be thanking Ukrainians, who have fought for our common interests with only modest financial support from a country with a ~$30 trillion GDP.
America can and will reclaim its backbone again soon, with better policy and messaging from common sense moderates.
Slava Ukraina.
By not respecting the Budapest Memorandum the US signals Russia can do anything to countries without nuclear weapons, treaties don’t work and only nuclear stockpiles do. Russia won't stop there. It's the Cold War nuclear race all over again
Why does the US have to support Ukraine? The US signed the Budapest Memorandum, guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty and it's borders in exchange for its nuclear weapons.
@rchrdbyd@CrateandBarrel Lol, every time I get something from them, it's broken. I'm currently waiting for 2nd replacement for a bed I ordered, meaning they had to make 3 beds for 1 sold. No idea how that's a profitable business model
@dan_abramov Not really, but who knows. There are way too many news about Elon and when you read them, it makes you doubt his sanity. Then you hear an interview and he turns out to be a very different person than pictured. Posting crazy stuff about him attracts attention and is too tempting
Surprising that the resources assigned to Bolt Creek Fire reduced in half. I wonder if any models to evaluate the impact of smoke on densely populated areas are beong used to make such decisions https://t.co/jOuRgQ7cpY