Slander
Team no stickys
The goal is for the military industrial complex to play out their cold war fantasy of proxy fighting Russia in Europe. They get to watch their toys get played with, and gather up usefull data while not expending any American life. If you watch the NATO countries are basically offloading all their old shit into Ukraine and it needs to be backfilled by someone, us.I just don't understand what we're doing here. Support Ukraine. Sure. Yeah, we did that. We did the hell out of that. It can't be a blank check forever. We're spending a shit ton of money while flirting with this turning into something far bigger. The concern about Russia running through Europe like Hitler was always way overstated and proved in hindsight to be utterly ridiculous with Russia barely able to even make a dent in Ukraine. Once Ukraine assassinated a Russian citizen in Moscow with a car bomb we should've had some very tough conversations with them. Further aid is going to be significantly restricted and dependent on engaging in diplomatic efforts. Do I really give a fuck about Ukrainian territorial sovereignty? Honestly, no. As far as I'm concerned have an international committee oversee a legit vote in those territories and let the citizens choose. Russia or Ukraine. Run the votes. Sign the papers. Sorry, I'm just not willing to keep pouring tens of billions of dollars, shit tons of arms that are going to end up only God knows where, and flirting with WW3 over who controls the Crimean Peninsula and some provinces currently considered eastern Ukraine.