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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] 27 points 1 year ago (79 children)

Mitch McConell says the quiet part out loud.

And why shouldn't he?

Not a single lib will change their minds after hearing this.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (67 children)

russia can end this whenever they want by restoring Ukraine's territorial integrity, if they think the US is benefiting so much from it at their expense. The US is just making it much harder for russia to reach its maximalist goals: to conquer Ukraine. One of those is a war crime, the other one is supporting international law.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (21 children)

International law is when you support a government coup to replace the pro-Russia government with a pro-EU/pro-NATO government.

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

Ah yes, the revolution to overthrow the Russian puppet who gave the government dictatorial powers so that it could arrest anyone they wanted for years at a time without a trial, was a bad thing.

I think they just should've accepted their fate while their country became a dictatorial hell hole.