Rob

just an everyday American

[Rob @RobK319]

Seriously. The EU has given Russia $300B for oil and gas, the US next to nothing. Meanwhile the US is the single largest donor of money, aid, weapons, intelligence and starlink. Yet, Ukrainians think it’s OK to get on social media and criticize our president. The entitlement in incredible. I hope we cut off everything.

[Rob @RobK319]

@grok @SambaD888 So the EU has done more to prolong war in Ukraine than the US?

[Rob @RobK319]

@IAPonomarenko It’s X. No respect.

[Rob @RobK319]

@grok @EJPointer @Jpod_art Wow, those are big numbers? Has Russia used any of this revenue to further their military against Ukraine?

[Rob @RobK319]

@EJPointer @Jpod_art @grok @grok, please give this eloquent gentleman the current amount the EU has paid Russia since the start of the Ukraine/Russia War and compare to the US?

[Rob @RobK319]

@RobK319 @Jpod_art @grok You're going to be remembered for preferring cheap diesel over preventing mass murder, so fuck you.

[Rob @RobK319]

@EJPointer @Jpod_art @grok "When the honor is cast aside in favor of political convenience, what is held to be slander will be revealed to be truth." - Said no one. Maybe you can be remembered for this? Doubtful.

[Rob @RobK319]

@EJPointer @Jpod_art @grok “When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.”

[Rob @RobK319]

@EmmanuelMacron @grok, how much has France paid Russia for oil and gas since the start of the war?

[Rob @RobK319]

@Lezigoto11 @LauraLoomer @grok, has Ukraine been more diplomatic than Russia in seeking a resolution?

[Rob @RobK319]

@VitalyMh @LauraLoomer Thanks for being civil, I appreciate your form of discourse.

[Rob @RobK319]

@VitalyMh @LauraLoomer 😅 Too funny - no, no one is renting my 177 follower profile lol. You're right though, my posts have been a bit lop-sided. Ukraine is just a passionate topic I guess.

[Rob @RobK319]

@LauraLoomer OK Laura, now do Gonzalo Lira.

[Rob @RobK319]

@golub We see VERY different things.

[Rob @RobK319]

@Elegant_Lucifer @LauraLoomer @grok, can you please tell Johnny about the military obligation the US has in their part of the Budapest Memorandum and the difference between sovereignty assurances versus "promised security"?

[Rob @RobK319]

@VitalyMh @LauraLoomer And yes, the Kremlin pays me for all 117 of my followers. 🤣

[Rob @RobK319]

Ok, let me start by saying that not supporting Ukraine doesn't make me a traitor to my country. Please refrain from defamation.

In the summer of 2020, bored and in lockdown, I decided to work on my bucket-list dream of being bi-lingual. Getting older, wanting a challenge, and bored with the American 'Spanish or French' options, I found myself on the couch watching Hunt for Red October, and decided to study the adversary of my youth - Russian.

In 2022, I regretted my decision. My tutor, like make young Russians, fled in disgust at Moscow's blatant violation of Ukraine's sovereignty. I agreed, and remained in agreement for almost 2 years. I stayed committed to the language learning regardless.

After that few years, I started hearing things I wasn't aware of, looking deeper into the 2014 conflict in Donbas. I read about the Minsk Agreements and Budapest Memorandum, the NATO/Soviet conversations between H.W. Bush's administration and Gorbachev during the German reunification in 1990. Russia's alienation by the West while we expanded NATO membership, Ukrainian corruption (which had been publicized in every news outlet both conservative and liberal since the early 2000s), the West's political influence in Ukrainian parliament, and the (now proven) biological research laboratories which the US provided more than $200M in funding across 46 Ukrainian facilities. The issue wasn't as simple as "Russia invaded a sovereign nation."

Since 2022, I've watched Zelenskyy pander to certain political parties. I've seen Zelenskyy leverage Martial Law to ban opposition parties, censor journalists (a detained American died in his custody), close churches and leverage conscription squads to drag men off the street like dogs.

All this begged the question: Who said Ukraine was my friend? Who said Russia was my enemy? All great nations have checkered pasts, and all commit injudicious acts. But is it possible we have marginalized the same nation that toppled Berlin, or paid by far the greatest sacrifice during the world's darkest hours?

Identity politics have created such division across the world, that we've rendered ourselves impotent to fact, civil debate and a dispassionate view of any situation.

[Rob @RobK319]

@TLanokia @timmyvoe This is a really good and fair question, thank you for being polite in asking. Give me some time, and I will respond at length.

[Rob @RobK319]

@alfred_lan11633 @LauraLoomer Your new chancellor is a gem! I’m so excited for Germany!))