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"We've used 5% of our defense budget to arm Ukraine. And with it, they've destroyed 50% of Putin's army." - Ad targeted to Republicans to support Ukraine (streamable.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
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[–] 45 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

Thats assuming the republicans and tankies WANT Putin's army destroyed. To them, this sounds like what a normal person would hear if we said: "We've used 5% of our defense budget to arm the IRA and 50% of Britain's army has been destroyed."

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  • [–] 57 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Now hold on, is funding the IRA on the table?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's only Republican politicians who are in love with Russia. Everyone else still hates them due to Cold War propaganda.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago*

    Plenty of leftist-Tankies here on Lemmy's federation where I've had to explain that yes, Russia is a problem and what they're doing to Ukraine should be stopped.

    The left is doing a good job preventing the Tankies from taking over their party however. Republicans are letting the far-right dictate politics and are likely going to (try to) cut Ukraine out of the budget this week. So the far-right is a bigger problem, if only because Republicans are failing to rise up and counter the threat from their own party.

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