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We aren't in the same boat on this. I am not the one who decided the Maidan made the current gov in Kyiv illegit, and I am not the one who stuck his head in the sand for months about the realities on the ground out of petty spite and stubbornness. Also, given I am supporting Ukraine getting...

I want accountability, but not at the cost of combat effectiveness, or making removing corruption completely be the hinge on which aid is hung. Then again, you already admitted you do not view the current Ukrainian gov as legit, and do not think Ukraine has a right to exist. So really, in your...

And if you had paid more attention to the invasion thread, you'd have seen that the stuff we are giving Ukraine is being used effectively, some of it doing the job it was originally designed for (knocking out Soviet equipment). You don't get to bleat about trying to have the moral high ground...

I am not acting like giving aid to Ukraine and rooting out corruption are mutually exclusive, that is you putting words in my mouth. Notice you completely ignored MH17 being shootdown by the Kremlin's pet rebels. Also, noticing you don't actually have any idea what the situation is like on the...

...you do realize a lot of that dollar value is the equipment we are sending over, right? Like, do I need to go dig up a link to every piece of kit the west has sent Ukraine and it's specific combat utility, to show that we are sending meaningful weaponry over to Ukraine? What will satisfy you...

No, accountability is second to combat effectiveness. I am fine with keeping track of the corruption to deal with after Russia has been ejected, or just labelling it wartime treason and handling under that sort of law. For now, it's more important to make sure that Ukraine is able to defend...

Accountability does not matter more to me than helping Ukraine drive Russia out of it's borders, yes. I want corruption purged as much as possible, do not get me wrong, and I think this war will forcefully purge a lot of corruption from inside Ukraine itself. However I also know that the powers...

And some of us supported Rand Paul's desire for accountability. However, desire for accountability does not override OPSEC, nor does some small corruption justify dropping support for Ukraine. This is war, it's not ever going to be clean business, and it is not wrong for Ukraine to defend...

To be fair, a lot of the west never had to live under Moscow's thumb, you Pole's have had to do that, and were effectively sold out to the Nazi's prior to that. So I get why that feeling exists for your country. For a long time I thought Putin was some Macho genius bringing Russia into the...

That's not what happened. Ukraine found gas/oil reserves in 2012 that would have allowed it to undercut Russian sales to Europe, and began making noises about joining the EU. Then Maidan and MH17 happened, and Putin's showed he would not let Ukraine's citizens decide their own fates, if they...

Look, corruption in Ukraine is never going to be eliminated completely, even if the war will reduce it, and 20 billion is not that much compared to how much has gone to Ukraine, or how much they will need to rebuild. Penny-pinching on Ukraine will not help anyone, and those who are...

The Boomers learning that they are not going to get a retirement like their parents did, or at least nowhere near as comfy, and that their kid's/grandkids (for those who actually had kids who reproduced) socio-economic prospects have dimmed a lot as well is something a lot of them are in...

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Few laypeople realized how critical Ukraine's breadbasket was for a good chunk of Eurasia till it wasn't operating anymore, myself included. The US will see high prices but I doubt we will face starvation this year, regardless of how Ukraine goes. However we are looking at a 40% reduction in...

The Swiss are proposing 3 years in prison for putting the thermostat above 66F in winter, due to 'rationing'...just enough to ensure the pipes don't freeze, not enough to allow anyone to be 'warm' in thier house without additional heat sources. You Euro's could have avoided all this if you...

True, all the oil in the ground in the world doesn't help without the refinery throughput to make enough petro-chems fast enough to meet demand. And a new refinery is a 10+ year project. They can ship to other refineries in Europe, but again, same issue; only a limited number of refineries in...

Plus Norway is going to be sitting up there with their oil and laughing at those stupid bastards to the south of them.

'Flatten the energy curve'...get ready for mandatory energy rationing in perpetuity, Euro's. Hope you all like going back to the 1800's for heating and lighting. Edit: You Euro's could have avoided this if you all had just rejected being stuck on Russian gas for decades while trying to be in...

I was going to say LA, but San Fran is the most unwholesome place in the US, and this is including Vegas.