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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 [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

engage with people as people and acknowledge that they very frequently have needs, wants, and desires that cut against your myopic worldview.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Exactly, that's what I'm saying

(*Some people's myopic worldview)

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

should I take this to mean you recant your earlier statement about the Ukranian separatists being plants?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

We shouldn't entertain myopic worldviews like everyone is a plant even though we know of some

We can assume good out of most and be critical of bullshit. Also helpful advice for avoiding misunderstandings :)

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll take that as a no. expecting liberals to refrain from dehumanizing people is just too much, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Check my edit. It seems you are misunderstanding or assuming something others can't know about

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And we know that the separatist fascists are Russian plants.

this you?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

engage with people as people and acknowledge that they very frequently have needs, wants, and desires that cut against your myopic worldview.

I'll take that as a no. expecting liberals to refrain from dehumanizing people is just too much, I guess.

This you?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yeah, I suggested you do that and got no response. I stand by it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Sure! That kind of "rules for thee.." is not my type of way to live so we can leave this repertoire here