Fuck the MIC.

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[–]Drewski 12 insightful - 4 fun12 insightful - 3 fun13 insightful - 4 fun -  (6 children)

Then why'd he vote for the $40 billion Ukraine aid bill, much of which will go straight to the military industrial complex?

[–]chottohen 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

'Cause he's on the take like everybody else in congress. In other news, Nancy Pelosi was barred from Holy Communion b/c of her support for abortion. I believe that is the first time she and I ever agreed on anything.

[–]AcceleratedWallops[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Cheaper than letting Russia win and then having WW3

[–]Drewski 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If we're trying to avoid WW3 (as we absolutely should!), the United States should be promoting diplomacy between Ukraine and Russia instead of provoking Putin with NATO expansionism and missile systems on his doorstep and fighting a proxy war with Russia using Ukraine as cannon fodder.

[–]AcceleratedWallops[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Diplomacy with a madman seems difficult. Putin needs to go.

[–]BravoVictor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

  1. Russia's already "won" in the sense that they're well on their way to annexing the areas populated by ethnic Russias, who we've been trying to exterminate.
  2. Giving Ukraine $40 billion won't actually go to Ukraine, much less "help the US be safer" or "stop WW3". Most of the money is graft going to US weapons manufacturers, and the actual weapons are flooding the black market or just getting destroyed by Russia as soon as they make it to Ukraine.

It's not the Cold War any longer. This is no longer a US vs USSR fight. This is now a DC-swamp vs the rest of the world fight.

[–]BravoVictor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Because it's all a gimmick he does to get votes. He doesn't actually give a shit about the people who vote for him. He only cares about the people who own him.