The "Republican" Party loves and absolutely supports Russia, led by an absolute dictator who unjustifiably and illegally initiated the first European war since 1939 and who is indicted for war crimes.
At least one "Republican" U.S. Senator(!) holds that Ukraine and its citizens must "obviously" cede territory to Russ…
The "Republican" Party loves and absolutely supports Russia, led by an absolute dictator who unjustifiably and illegally initiated the first European war since 1939 and who is indicted for war crimes.
At least one "Republican" U.S. Senator(!) holds that Ukraine and its citizens must "obviously" cede territory to Russia to end the war caused by Russia when it invaded Ukraine, which had not initiated hostilities. (Even Hitler's Germany faked a Polish "attack" on a German radio station before unleashing its Blitzkrieg in August 1939.)
What territorial demands has Putin made against Ukraine? All of Ukraine.
Members of "Republican" Party in the U.S. Congress will not provide further financial and military support for U.S. allies - Israel, Taiwan, and Ukraine. "Republicans" want our nation to abrogate its treaties (NATO) and foreign policy obligations? These are the same "Republicans" who strongly criticized the current Administration for its bungled - and it was seriously bungled - withdrawal from Afghanistan - a withdrawal negotiated with the Taliban?
"Republicans" have, and cannot, explain how any of this "makes America great [again]."
I served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years. I was convinced that the U.S.A. was the leader of the democratic nations of the world. But, I've lived too long.
Oh man, I feel this.......I'm a few years younger, but am gobsmacked by how far the GOP has fallen. Admittedly, I think they've been headed this way for a couple of decades, but watching them, essentially, prop up Putin is mind boggling.
Me three. Even as a raging liberal, I believed that the right had a firm and logical ideology, which I didn’t share, but could understand and respect. Now it’s just petty grievance, projection, conspiracy, and cultism. The substance has completely evaporated.
Seeing the GOPI tilt so heavily toward Russia is one of the most dismaying things I've seen in U.S. politics -- right up there with the Cult of Trump and the redefinition of good & bad to align with his sovereign will.
The prudential arguments for "negotiating" an end to the war on Ukraine are largely cover for having sided with Putin in the first place. This position seems to be mainly the result of a highly effective Kremlin influence operation that targeted conservative organizations in the U.S., particularly religious conservatives, and persuaded them that Putin is their best ally in the culture wars. So maybe his methods are a bit rough, but what's a little polonium poisoning of rivals and assassination of critics when there's a war to wage against "secularism" and immigrants and LGBQ people? An article published in Oct. 2021 had the headline: "Putin Gets It. Why Don't We?"
A few months later, Putin-apologists scrambled to explain why the brutal attack on a sovereign nation was actually consistent with the notion that Putin is a great champion of national sovereignty and Christian values. Russia, they claim, is really fighting a defensive battle against liberal globalism and American imperialism, exercised through Ukraine in a "proxy war on Russia." (Since when is a proxy war "on" one country waged entirely in the territory of the "proxy"?)
The cynicism needed to sustain this view is on par with the moral nihilism required to regard Trump as a fundamentally good man who's the victim of a vast Deep State conspiracy.
P.S.: Please stay around long enough to see Trumpism vanquished.
- It's the depth of hubris to suggest that the U.S. should force Ukraine to "negotiate" with Putin, whose goal is to subsume Ukraine.
- Vance made his feelings about Ukraine and Ukrainians clear during his campaign for office.
- The morality exhibited by Putin and the False Prophet is best described as Evil. Especially that of the False Prophet, who broke his Oath to support and defend our Constitution.
I have lived too long.
The "Republican" Party loves and absolutely supports Russia, led by an absolute dictator who unjustifiably and illegally initiated the first European war since 1939 and who is indicted for war crimes.
At least one "Republican" U.S. Senator(!) holds that Ukraine and its citizens must "obviously" cede territory to Russia to end the war caused by Russia when it invaded Ukraine, which had not initiated hostilities. (Even Hitler's Germany faked a Polish "attack" on a German radio station before unleashing its Blitzkrieg in August 1939.)
What territorial demands has Putin made against Ukraine? All of Ukraine.
Members of "Republican" Party in the U.S. Congress will not provide further financial and military support for U.S. allies - Israel, Taiwan, and Ukraine. "Republicans" want our nation to abrogate its treaties (NATO) and foreign policy obligations? These are the same "Republicans" who strongly criticized the current Administration for its bungled - and it was seriously bungled - withdrawal from Afghanistan - a withdrawal negotiated with the Taliban?
"Republicans" have, and cannot, explain how any of this "makes America great [again]."
I served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years. I was convinced that the U.S.A. was the leader of the democratic nations of the world. But, I've lived too long.
Oh man, I feel this.......I'm a few years younger, but am gobsmacked by how far the GOP has fallen. Admittedly, I think they've been headed this way for a couple of decades, but watching them, essentially, prop up Putin is mind boggling.
Me three. Even as a raging liberal, I believed that the right had a firm and logical ideology, which I didn’t share, but could understand and respect. Now it’s just petty grievance, projection, conspiracy, and cultism. The substance has completely evaporated.
Yeah, I'm fairly far to the left myself.
Yes, Blanche. I am there, too. Merry Christmas!
Same to you, Don. I'm up in Canada where we have our own struggles with a conservative party gone mad..
Thank you for your many years of service to our country and we're glad you're not gone yet. We still need you.
Thank you, Sumi!
Seeing the GOPI tilt so heavily toward Russia is one of the most dismaying things I've seen in U.S. politics -- right up there with the Cult of Trump and the redefinition of good & bad to align with his sovereign will.
The prudential arguments for "negotiating" an end to the war on Ukraine are largely cover for having sided with Putin in the first place. This position seems to be mainly the result of a highly effective Kremlin influence operation that targeted conservative organizations in the U.S., particularly religious conservatives, and persuaded them that Putin is their best ally in the culture wars. So maybe his methods are a bit rough, but what's a little polonium poisoning of rivals and assassination of critics when there's a war to wage against "secularism" and immigrants and LGBQ people? An article published in Oct. 2021 had the headline: "Putin Gets It. Why Don't We?"
A few months later, Putin-apologists scrambled to explain why the brutal attack on a sovereign nation was actually consistent with the notion that Putin is a great champion of national sovereignty and Christian values. Russia, they claim, is really fighting a defensive battle against liberal globalism and American imperialism, exercised through Ukraine in a "proxy war on Russia." (Since when is a proxy war "on" one country waged entirely in the territory of the "proxy"?)
The cynicism needed to sustain this view is on par with the moral nihilism required to regard Trump as a fundamentally good man who's the victim of a vast Deep State conspiracy.
P.S.: Please stay around long enough to see Trumpism vanquished.
I completely agree, Carol!
- It's the depth of hubris to suggest that the U.S. should force Ukraine to "negotiate" with Putin, whose goal is to subsume Ukraine.
- Vance made his feelings about Ukraine and Ukrainians clear during his campaign for office.
- The morality exhibited by Putin and the False Prophet is best described as Evil. Especially that of the False Prophet, who broke his Oath to support and defend our Constitution.
No. You haven't lived long enough. Please keep writing here and anywhere else you can.
Thanks, Doug!