My favorite part is when JD Vance is lecturing Zelenskyy about the war and his own country, and then Zelenskyy asks Vance if he has been to Ukraine and then Vance falters because of course he hasn't, but they both know Biden has been there and they're too afraid to go.
He and Trump negotiated like an angry Karen at Starbucks, insisting that their daily lattes keep the store in business and the barista needs to kiss their ass and give them a free scone.
Speaking with the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg after Russia’s annexation of Crimea and aggression in the Donbas, Obama emphasized the limits of his commitment to Ukraine. As Goldberg wrote: “Obama’s theory here is simple: Ukraine is a core Russian interest but not an American one, so Russia will always be able to maintain escalatory dominance there.” Goldberg then cited Obama as saying, “The fact is that Ukraine, which is a non-NATO country, is going to be vulnerable to military domination by Russia no matter what we do.” In other words, a U.S. president all but acknowledged Ukraine as a Russian client state, telegraphing to the leader of an aggressive, revisionist power that the United States would stand down if Russia were to widen its war. Moreover, the doctrine of Russian escalation dominance—that the Kremlin would always be willing to exercise superior power to get its way in Ukraine, whereas the United States would not—became the governing principle of U.S. policy. This principle echoes to this day, holding back U.S. support for Ukraine.
Obama voted against the Iraq War, which cost us 10x more than we've ever spent on Ukraine, before accounting for inflation. As with DOGE, we're wasting billions and going to increase the debt by trillions to maybe save tens of billions in spending and get revenge on Trump's enemies.
Imagine going back in time to the 00's and telling conservatives that everyone will agree the Iraq War was stupid and only morons would vote for it, that "protecting freedom" was bullshit all along," and that modern Republicans would be arguing to free give over European states to theSoviets Russia while letting a foreign billionaire gut NASA and NIH. Wild man.
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u/kinkySlaveWriter Monkey in Space Feb 28 '25
My favorite part is when JD Vance is lecturing Zelenskyy about the war and his own country, and then Zelenskyy asks Vance if he has been to Ukraine and then Vance falters because of course he hasn't, but they both know Biden has been there and they're too afraid to go.