Russia winning is very bad for the US. Let it drag out. Or give Ukraine what they need to win.I am not in favor of US involvement in Ukraine. It's that simple. Nothing to do with Trump. When Russia wins it is not bad for us other than the billions wasted. They will not advance into NATO territory.
I'm not opining here one way or another, but just remember they longer you fight an enemy the more you teach him. Also , a percentage of the hardware that we are sending to ukraine is going onto the black market to be sold to those wanting US weapons who cant get them from us. (i.e. terrorists).Russia winning is very bad for the US. Let it drag out. Or give Ukraine what they need to win.
Russia is supposedly a ‘near peer’ enemy. I almost laugh when I type that because their military is overall ****. They have some decent subs but overall they are terrible.
We are getting a good look at how our weapons work against Russia’s stuff. And wearing out their military which is already bad. Meanwhile Russia loses respect on the international stage.
All they have that threatens the free world is Nukes. And we have nukes as well. Difference is - we have actually USED them before.
What the world cannot do is cower to Putin. Stand up to him. That is what Reagan did. Worked out pretty well.
Russia winning is very bad for the US. Let it drag out. Or give Ukraine what they need to win.
Russia is supposedly a ‘near peer’ enemy. I almost laugh when I type that because their military is overall ****. They have some decent subs but overall they are terrible.
We are getting a good look at how our weapons work against Russia’s stuff. And wearing out their military which is already bad. Meanwhile Russia loses respect on the international stage.
All they have that threatens the free world is Nukes. And we have nukes as well. Difference is - we have actually USED them before.
What the world cannot do is cower to Putin. Stand up to him. That is what Reagan did. Worked out pretty well.
That was a post from a well-connected Army veteran who fought in Iraq and founded several veterans services organizations so I'll take his word over yours anyday.You have no clue what you are talking about in regards to Ukraine.
Fair points.I'm not opining here one way or another, but just remember they longer you fight an enemy the more you teach him. Also , a percentage of the hardware that we are sending to ukraine is going onto the black market to be sold to those wanting US weapons who cant get them from us. (i.e. terrorists).
Russia is no threat militarily. But they do play dirty games. And Putin cannot be trusted. If they take Ukraine then Europe may be next, and we will DEFINITELY be sucked into that one.Geez brother. This promotion is played out. A strong majority of American citizens want this to be over. I do not support us pissing away billions to see how our equipment works while hundreds of thousands are killed doing it. Ukraine conscripting their men daily now just to muster a minimum force. This is insanity. There is no vital US national security interest in Ukraine. Quit thinking like we are still in the cold war. China is a much larger threat than Russia currently.
Or any other subject for that matter.You have no clue what you are talking about in regards to Ukraine.
Most of them want other countries to do their part.Fair points.
What we’re sending is obsolete so there’s less risk of anyone getting the good stuff. But there’s enough commonality to draw conclusions on the current stuff.
That said the really cool features have been removed I think. Like the high tech armor on the M1s.
Russia is no threat militarily. But they do play dirty games. And Putin cannot be trusted. If they take Ukraine then Europe may be next, and we will DEFINITELY be sucked into that one.
I’m convinced most of the Trump Cult members want Russia to actually win because, like Trump, they are scared of Russia.
Which is my biggest issue with him. He’s content to let the US be Russia’s ***** apparently (remember the ‘he’s got nuclear weapons!’ rant at the debate).
China is an economic threat and they are a peer. But they don’t have eyes on conquering Europe. Though the Taiwan situation must be closely monitored.
Yup. We need to get this over with. We don't have the $$ or the time and Ukraine doesn't have the manpower to roll Rssia all the way back. We are burning through our weapons when ending it here and now still leaves enough of ukraine to serve as a buffer between nato and Russia.The only thing more dangerous than being an American enemy is being an American “ally” it would seem.
The time of sending Ukrainians to die for an unnecessary war in Europe should be long over. Zelensky’s ego and the West’s insistence on killing as many evil Russians as possible is only getting them killed. They are almost surrounded in Kursk. That offensive that did nothing but move troops away from the critical Donbass front to Russian fields, but at least it was good PR for a month or two.
You guys can’t help be contradict yourself. The Russian military is ****, but somehow it’s this massive threat that warrants our involvement to the tune of tens of billions of dollars? Ukraine winning decisively would require even more than that. What the world can’t do is **** its pants and moralize everything to death. The threat is China. My unfortunate feeling is that it will take a defeat in Taiwan for us to truly realize how much time we lost fighting Muslims with AKs for 20 years.