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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)
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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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[-] PosadistInevitablity@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The US is pussyfooting because this was a fight they picked, and did not expect it to be this hard.

All the surrounding nonsense is their propaganda, and the leaders don’t actually believe any of it.

They don’t feel committed because they chose this, and won’t overcommit to a losing battle. They just need to steward the fight into a slow loss that doesn’t eat up many more resources.

Their actions are inexplicable otherwise - if they were truly afraid of Russia, they’d never have joined in the first place.

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