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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.”

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4085063

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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 years ago

Mitch McConell says the quiet part out loud.

And why shouldn't he?

Not a single lib will change their minds after hearing this.

[-] Gsus4@feddit.nl 42 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

russia can end this whenever they want by restoring Ukraine's territorial integrity, if they think the US is benefiting so much from it at their expense. The US is just making it much harder for russia to reach its maximalist goals: to conquer Ukraine. One of those is a war crime, the other one is supporting international law.

[-] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 2 years ago

The US isn't making it much harder, it's making it pay.

[-] Gsus4@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Indeed, making russia pay for trying to conquer a sovereign country by helping that country defend itself.

[-] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 2 years ago

This is a little ahistorical.

[-] Gsus4@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago

Wouldn't happen if you didn't try to conquer countries

[-] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 2 years ago

I don't understand what you're trying to say.

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