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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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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Oof. Ruskie shills all up in these comments.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

It's really sad when the Russian shills are so good that you can't even think of a rebuttal

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

lol like I'd waste my time.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

God forbid you organize your thoughts to the point they're coherent. Then you could just have a copypasta ready to go. But for some reason you can't even find one someone else wrote for you.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you're posting on lemmy, its all a waste of time

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

maybe the fedposting only pays for the initial derailing post attempt, not the followup quarter-assed defense of "international rules-based order" that exposes the ignorance and unfamiliarity with material reality.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The agent is forbidden from reading any response, otherwise he might develop a conscience or worse, self awareness.

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

You only have the energy for one unrelated buzzwordy comment but dont have the skills to defend yourself. Just lmao

Your side's dead. You dont even know it yet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

ruskie shill says what?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

farquaad-point Department of Naval Intelligence

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

everyone who disagrees with me is a shill 🌽

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

comment number 5 by guy who definitely wouldn't waste his time and was definitely not owned

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's an unwarranted assumption. It's perfectly possible that they are already familiar with your arguments and are uninterested in relitigating the issue with idiots. Certainly that would be my position.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your only mistake was to respond instead of blocking them.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Tfw they are so right you gotta block them at first sight.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Say something about the article for christs sake. This doesn't help your image the way you think

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Why would anyone give a fuck about their "image" on an anonymous Internet forum? Honest question.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

I'm supposed to be paid for this???

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

How do you say "ruskie" and not feel like a loser? Do you know what decade it is?