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A quote: “I think the Ukrainians have been incredibly brave and strong when standing up to Russia. But at the end of the day, what we’re funding here is a stalemate war, and it needs to be brought to a conclusion because that country is going to be set back 100 years,” Rubio said. Gotta love the butt . Also, setting less developed countries back 100 years is exactly the plan of neoliberalism.

So what is Rubio going to do in the Levant? Another quote: “Israel’s enemies are also our enemies. The Iranian regime and its proxies . . . seek Israel’s destruction as part of a multi-stage plan to dominate the Middle East and destabilize the West. The Jewish state is on the front lines of this conflict, fighting with many shared American-Israeli lives,” he wrote back in May for National Review. What? He's claiming Iran wants to expand its territorial boundaries? Holy projection

President-elect Trump has also called Marco Rubio a “virtual secretary of state for Latin America,” which... I guess means he's one of the only rich guys Trump knows who knows how to speak Spanish.

On China? Rubio was one of the main people behind the "Tiktok ban" attempt. He also tried to block all Huawei imports.

This is how the Reuters article ends:

Rubio, whose grandfather fled Cuba in 1962, is also an outspoken opponent of normalizing relations with the Cuban government, a position Trump shares.

The head of the House subcommittee overseeing Latin American affairs, he is also a frequent and fierce critic of Nicolas Maduro's government in Venezuela.

Why did your grandfather flee Cuba in 1962, Marco? Huh? Why did he flee? NOOOOO

Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-taps-us-senator-marco-rubio-secretary-state-2024-11-12/

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[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 50 points 6 days ago

Rubio’s grandpa …Cuba …1962..

The gusano instinct is coursing through his veins.

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 44 points 6 days ago (2 children)

yeah we'll see if this is actually a negotiated settlement or if it's typical US style request for capitulation followed by obstinance.

in any case, the US's strategic objectives in eastern europe have largely been accomplished anyway - nordstream 2 is dead, russian-euro relations are shattered, ukraine is a sucking wound as a backstop to shattered russian-european relations, europe's industry is destroyed, and europe needs to buy a new military from the US. the only thing the US didn't get out of the deal is a breakup of russia and a second chance to vulture over moscow, but that was always an outside chance.

[–] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 29 points 6 days ago

I am starting to understand why the French government got so angry over the US-Australia nuclear deal. It was a sign that France was no longer an imperial power, but truly just another minor fiefdom under the American lords. The next few French governments, like other European governments, will be more and more unpopular, unable to offer the rich the spoils of empire or the poor the benefits of basic social democracy.

[–] Saeculum@hexbear.net 17 points 6 days ago

Wait until the republican's figure out how much money they can funnel to their friends through "aid" and do a U-turn on their current position.

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 39 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Can’t wait for Slavic ISIS

[–] LeniX@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 6 days ago

I think it's already in Africa

[–] buh@hexbear.net 36 points 6 days ago (1 children)

lmao demoted from white status

[–] LeniX@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 6 days ago

Relatively not European, relatively not civilized anymore

[–] GVAGUY3@hexbear.net 32 points 6 days ago (1 children)

As I said in the megathread, only way I think out of this is if the US military is stretched thin.

[–] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago

"We can only do one conflict/genocide pair at a time" freedom-and-democracy

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 21 points 6 days ago

Is that Ukrainian hit-list website still up?

Because I think it's about to get a sizable update

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 15 points 6 days ago

Little bumblefuckweasel going to be tripping all over himself morshupls trying to rationalize the chaos. popcorn-time

[–] sexywheat@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago

Honestly, the potential for pumping the breaks on the war in Ukraine is the one silver lining of Trump being president. It's incredibly fucking close to full scale nuclear armageddon at this point and we know that the Democrats would just keep escalating.

But, who knows, Trump's opinion tends to be the same as the last person that he talked to.