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McConnell on Ukraine proxy war: "We haven’t lost a single American in this war. Most of the money that we spend, is spent on replenishing weapons, so it’s actually employing people here."[paraphrased] (edition.cnn.com)

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Mitch McConell says the quiet part out loud.

Exact full quote from CNN:

“People think, increasingly it appears, that we shouldn’t be doing this. Well, let me start by saying we haven’t lost a single American in this war,” McConnell said. “Most of the money that we spend related to Ukraine is actually spent in the US, replenishing weapons, more modern weapons. So it’s actually employing people here and improving our own military for what may lie ahead.”

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[-] Redcat@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But realistically speaking the US would probably willingly pay damages and reparations.

michael-laugh you really do live in an alternative reality. This is the most insane thing you've written in this entire conversation. And even so:

Materially or in some diplomatic quid pro quo manner and all of that is going to happen behind closed doors and we'll know once records get unsealed.

It's just a cover for how reality slowly sets in. You went from believing that the US would never attack Germany to saying that, actually, the US would totally pay reparations for bombing Nordstream. They'd just do it behind closed doors in order to save face.

You'll get nothing, and you'll be happy to pay all the damages yourself, my friend. And once the records are unsealed you'll be in your 60s, swearing up and down that such skullduggery from the Americans are in the past.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

swearing up and down that such skullduggery from the Americans are in the past.

Why would I have a positive opinion of yanks in the future? They're doing shit they get caught they deflect and whinge they get told privately some possible consequence and how to avoid it then they cave because said offer has been so well-crafted they can't refuse. It's called diplomacy. You know, the continuation of war by different means.

[-] Redcat@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Why would I have a positive opinion of yanks in the future?

Why ask about the future, when it's a mystery in the present as well. You're the one who thinks they'll pay reparations for something they think you deserved.

You weren't supposed to buy cheap resources from Russia. You never had the permission to.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

What, for making Russia pay for a pipeline that was never going to carry gas in the first place?

Or is this about not buying their gas, which we still don't do? What are they doing about that? Trying to impose tariffs on steel and hurting their own economy in the process because they can't produce high-grade steels?