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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.”

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

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[-] ToxicDivinity@hexbear.net 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's really sad when the Russian shills are so good that you can't even think of a rebuttal

[-] forcequit@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

Oof.

[-] BigNote@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

That's an unwarranted assumption. It's perfectly possible that they are already familiar with your arguments and are uninterested in relitigating the issue with idiots. Certainly that would be my position.

[-] StalinwasaGryffindor@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

smuglord

[-] LeateWonceslace@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

Your only mistake was to respond instead of blocking them.

[-] Redcat@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

Tfw they are so right you gotta block them at first sight.

[-] ThePac@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

lol like I'd waste my time.

[-] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago

God forbid you organize your thoughts to the point they're coherent. Then you could just have a copypasta ready to go. But for some reason you can't even find one someone else wrote for you.

[-] ToxicDivinity@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago

you're posting on lemmy, its all a waste of time

[-] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

maybe the fedposting only pays for the initial derailing post attempt, not the followup quarter-assed defense of "international rules-based order" that exposes the ignorance and unfamiliarity with material reality.