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Republicans Are on the Verge of Delivering Putin a Big Christmas Gift (slate.com)

submitted 11 months ago by spaceghoti@lemmy.one to c/politics@lemmy.world

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In a tense game of chicken, remarkable for its mix of petulance and audacity, congressional Republicans are threatening to halt U.S. aid to Ukraine—guaranteeing a Russian breakthrough and possible victory in that war—unless Democrats help pass a bill that all but locks down America’s Southern border.

If the impasse isn’t resolved by the end of next week, when Congress goes on recess until the new year, the Ukrainian army could run out of ammunition. President Joe Biden could resupply the arsenal from U.S. stockpiles without legislative approval, but the move would be temporary, and the signal sent—that Ukraine, and by implication other allies, can no longer count on U.S. support in a pinch—could be a holiday cork-popper for Russian President Vladimir Putin and all of our other adversaries.

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[-] Transcendant@lemmy.world 97 points 11 months ago

Republicans are scumbags. If you're a republican reading this, ask yourself what it is about your brain that makes you support true evil.

Do you feel small inside? Like you didn't get what you wanted from life, so now others should suffer?

[-] spaceghoti@lemmy.one 57 points 11 months ago

The answer is that conservative thinking is driven by fear. It's not that liberals don't fear things, it's that liberal thinking isn't driven primarily by fear.

[-] dvoraqs@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

This is a stupid question, but what is connection of fear-based thinking and not surprising Ukraine or supporting Putin?

[-] spaceghoti@lemmy.one 15 points 11 months ago

The Republican base is taught to fear. Fear liberals, fear diversity, fear whatever they're told to fear. A generation ago they were told to fear Russia, so we opposed Russians with all our strength. They're told the only salve for their fear is a strong leader.

Now, today, Putin presents himself as a strong leader and suddenly Russia is no longer to be feared but admired. So what that he wants to rebuild the Soviet Union by invading the nations around him? Trump says he's a good guy, so obviously when he says he's invading Ukraine for their own good he must be telling the truth.

They follow anyone who presents themselves as strong and confident because that allays their fears somewhat. And since their current leaders like Russia and don't like Ukraine, that's what they're supporting.

[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

The fear is that a trans! woman might sneak up behind you at the urinal and sodomize you!

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 12 points 11 months ago

So Republican fears are just their deepest fantasies?

[-] don@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Well when you put it that way, yes. Absolutely.

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