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McConnell on Ukraine proxy war: "We haven’t lost a single American in this war. Most of the money that we spend, is spent on replenishing weapons, so it’s actually employing people here."[paraphrased] (edition.cnn.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Fissionami@lemmygrad.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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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.”

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[-] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 year ago

It's amazing how much they support imperialism when it's "their people" doing it.

[-] gnuhaut@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

That's because you don't understand what imperialism means. US/EU capital is looting and exploiting the former socialist block and controlling it through western capitalist media, NGOs, and military bases. That's imperialism. The Russians preventing Nazis from doing ethnic cleansing along their border and demanding not to be threatened with a gun to the head is not imperialism.

[-] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Are these nazis in the room with us right now?

[-] Quimby@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

no they're not here. they're over in ukraine putting up statues of Bandera and wearing nazi symbols all over their military uniforms. were you not listening, or...?