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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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[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ethnic cleansings in those territories are a fabricated casus beli for Russia 'green man'.

there have been reports of Ukranian paramilitaries shelling the Donbas going back almost a decade. multiple peace treaties were signed over it, all aiming to stop the ethnic cleansing. each and every one of those treaties were violated. this is all extremely well-documented. can you even prove that a single of these reports is fabricated?

[–] navorth@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I meant pre 2014 conflict though.

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

the person you replied to was talking about the last 9 years