@KonstantinKisin Comparing the murder of Charlie Kirk to 9/11 is crazy. To also suggest he was some centre right guy who just wanted people to vote Republican is wrong. He was anti gay, anti abortion and pro gun rights to the extreme. He was not some moderate, modern day Socrates
@RichardHanania It's hard to know how to take this. On the one hand, it's great you're taking accountability, but part of the reason we're in this mess is because people who should have known better made the wrong call
@Tim_Pettit_@ChrisMurphyCT You're right but the reality is that if Ukraine refuses to sign the 'deal'. Trump will cut off US support and Ukraine will be toast so Zelensky will have no option. This is the cruelty of it. Technically you're right but I fear practically it won't work like that
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U.S. has sent ~$70 billion in outdated military equipment to Ukraine since start of war, providing opportunity for U.S. military to modernize its weaponry. Weβve 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.
@RoryStewartUK Biden started off strongly but increasingly seems like the out of touch elite he's characterised as...
Pardoned his own son, refused to find a successor, disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, timid on Ukraine, toothless with Israel & Trump again...
History will not be kind
@AyoCaesar This is why they prosecuted Hunter so strongly because they knew Biden Sr would pardon him, paving the way for Trump to do the same for his mates.
History will not judge Biden kindly
@Dominic2306 Weren't you quite important in terms of winning the Brexit vote and running government including the COVID pandemic for a considerable period? You were also a spad for many years. You are a system man as much as anyone. Yet you take no responsibility