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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has frequently brought up Ukraine's rare earth minerals as a reason to continue fueling the proxy war.

"This war is about money. People don't talk much about it. But you know, the richest country in all of Europe for rare earth minerals is Ukraine. Two to seven trillion dollars' worth of minerals that are rare earth minerals, very relevant to the 21st century," Graham told Fox News host Sean Hannity in November. "Ukraine's ready to do a deal with us, not the Russians. So it's in our interest to make sure that Russia doesn't take over the place."

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[-] Frodo@startrek.website 4 points 2 days ago

Azov is bad, but they aren’t Ukraine as a whole. Their leader is Jewish! As for WWII, you got to be joking. That was 80 years ago.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago

Zelensky is a Zionist. So he checks the Nazi box too.

[-] Amanduh@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

US like israel, ukraine want US continued support, why would zelensky talk bad about Israel when doing so would anger the US?

Seems pretty straightforward to me why he would be buddies with them.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago
[-] Amanduh@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

Even that makes sense... he wants to have basically unlimited US support. It's still the same thing as before

[-] liyunxiao@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Netanyahu is Jewish, he's more of a Nazi than most of the Nazi high command.

[-] tiredturtle@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

And as Russia is ingrained with Wagner, Rusich etc. does that also declare Putin fascist, with the invasion being fascist infighting?

[-] m532@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Let's see...

Fascism is capitalism in decay

Is russia capitalist? Yes. In decay? No.

[-] tiredturtle@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

A thriving capitalist country can still be fascist. Fascism isn’t just about economic decay, it’s a way for capitalism to protect itself when it's threatened. Even in a strong economy, if the ruling class sees socialism or worker power as a danger, they can turn to fascism to crush opposition and keep control.

In Russia’s case, the government serves capitalist oligarchs, suppresses worker movements, and wages war for imperial gain. Fighting between capitalist states, whether Russia or NATO-backed Ukraine, is not a fight for workers. The real struggle is against both systems.

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