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] - eviltoast
White House downplays CNN poll showing majority of Americans oppose more US aid for Ukraine | CNN Politics
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The White House on Wednesday downplayed CNN polling showing most Americans oppose Congress providing additional funding to support Ukraine in its war with Russia ahead of a reported administration request for more aid.

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

  • Rapidcreek@reddthat.com
    153·
    1 year ago

    Mitch may be crap, but here he is just trying to get ahead of Republicans who would rather leave Ukraine high and dry. He may give zero fucks about human lives but not as bad as the Russians who have no problem committing war crimes on a daily basis.

    Fact is that for less than 3% of the DOD budget we get the result of the loss of over 50% of the military strength of one of our top geopolitical foes. Plus, it will take them at least a decade to rebuild it.

    No one asked Russia to invade Ukraine and disrupt world order. Russia doesn’t seem to want to negotiate. Why would you want Ukraine to give up?

    • PosadistInevitablity [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      166·
      1 year ago

      By all third party accounts the Russian military is stronger than when the invasion began.

      Where you get a 50% reduction in strength must be from the most fevered of dreams. The Nazis could not overthrow Russia with millions of men and hundreds of thousands of vehicles.

      You think it will be done with 3% of our budget? Honestly? We couldn’t do it with 100% of our budget. We’d have to go to a war economy and devote 60% or more of the gdp.

      • Rapidcreek@reddthat.com
        71·
        1 year ago

        By all third parties you must be excluding the institute of war and every western intelligence agency. That must be the reason you are pulling WWII tanks out of museums, emptying prisons for manpower, ect. Your BS may play well in your own country, comrade, but it’s still BS.

        • PosadistInevitablity [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
          183·
          1 year ago

          Western intelligence agencies are party to the war…

          Open a history book if you think beating Russia is easy. Dozens of leaders made the same mistake over and over.

          The fact that you have to assume I’m Russian to believe this reveals your arrogance.

          • Rapidcreek@reddthat.com
            61·
            1 year ago

            Yes yes the mighty Russians and their 3 day war…

            We’re not living in history but in reality. The reality is that although Ukraine have less troops, they are battle hardened. Russia uses cannon fodder and officers who blow up if they don’t fall out of a window.

            • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldEnglish
              51·
              1 year ago

              Yeah - Russia has and always had one tactic - “nas mnogo” aka “there’s many of us”. While it might have worked in the past where the amount of troops basically decided who will win, it doesn’t work with modern weapons.

            • PosadistInevitablity [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
              3·
              1 year ago

              The Ukrainians vastly outnumbered the Russian forces in Ukraine at the beginning of this conflict. Easily 5 to 1.

              That’s easily researchable and provable, spare me the sass.

              Now it is roughly 1 to 1. You can see how that’s played out, with the Ukranian counter offensive accomplishing much less than expected.

              Russias army started weak and is continuing to grow in strength, as they have in nearly every conflict they’ve been in over the last five centuries.

              • Rapidcreek@reddthat.com
                1·
                1 year ago

                5 to 1 you say? Since Russia is commonly acknowledged having encircled Ukraine with more than 100,000 troops before their invasion, that would mean little old Ukraine put 500,000 troops in the field. There are very few places that can put half a million troops in the field. China of course, if pressed. And of course NATO

                Take your BS to someone foolish enough to believe it