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And yet there's no shortage of people in the west who keep insisting it's only a matter of time before China supplants the United States. I don't know if it's wishful thinking on their part, or they're just that stupid, but either way a lot of people have positioned themselves to lose their...

I have; and I must say, I do not approve. Setting aside the fact that Bacle is, in spite of the differences we have over certain topics, someone I would like to consider a friend; your behavior does a disservice to every argument you've ever made, or will ever make.

Okay, no. I may severely doubt Bacle's reasoning and intentions regarding this topic, and I'm not fond of the slander I've received either, but hearing you complain about it sounds a bit hypocritical considering it's nothing you haven't given far more than you've gotten. Bacle is not a moron, or...

I'm sorry you feel that way. Well, less sorry than absolutely livid; but that's why I waited a week to respond. To hopefully let the emotions die down so I don't say anything I'd regret. Honestly, regardless of what you believe, I actually do care about helping the Ukraine people; it's just that...

And that's fine; you'll note I've not even mentioned the weapons and equipment we've been giving them. Just the money. Particularly, the twenty billion dollars that went missing. What do you even think accountability would cost, exactly? It's shouldn't be that hard to keep track of where our...

Fair enough; I'm just sick of this whole conflict sucking the intelligence out of otherwise reasonable people, and turning them into NPCs virtue signaling how much they hate Russia. Not that they don't deserve the hate, but it's obvious hating them is the only thing they care about.

I think that missing twenty billion might have helped with that, but as you said; what do I know about war? Clearly, money must not be as important in fighting one as I had thought. In which case though; why are we giving give it to them in the first place? And I've been trying to make you...

You're not wrong; I never did support Ukraine's right to exist. Not after the coup at least; because I never saw the new government as Ukraine. That said though, this and that are different things. I may not support Ukraine's illegitimate government, but I sure as hell support the average...

How exactly would accounting for where all the money goes prevent us from giving aid to Ukraine? As Captain X said, they're not mutually exclusive things; so stop acting like they are, and stop brushing aside twenty billion unaccounted for dollars like it doesn't matter.

How do you propose to do that, exactly? Just throw money in Ukraine's general direction, and hope it gets to where it's supposed to go? You're essentially arguing "we need to do something; this is something, so we need to do this!", irrespective of the efficacy of whatever "this" is. Let me...

How the heck is a war supposed to purge corruption? Wars are a breeding ground for it; and so far, I've seen nothing to suggest that Ukraine is an exception to the rule. Moreover, if you actually give a crap about helping Ukraine drive Russia out of it's borders, accountability should be your...

In other words, it would be nice to have accountability, but it's not a deal breaker for you; and anyone who disagrees is one of "them".

And yet when Rand Paul objected to there not being any sort of oversight on where the money was going, he was denounced as a traitor by almost everyone on both sides of the aisle. He even got put on an official list (alongside Tulsi Gabbard and others) the Ukraine government has made of Russian...

We tried to warn everyone, but no; we were just Russian sympathizers spreading Russian propaganda.

I am so glad I didn't follow Tim Pool's advice to invest in crypto. Dumbass kept insisting that every collapse was a chance to get in before it "inevitably" rose in value.

I think it's pretty much a given at this point that they're going to keep doing this until we no longer have a Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Sounds like China's real problem is that their citizenry don't fear being punished for committing murder.

How is killing someone with a hammer to avoid having to pay for the injury you caused them manslaughter?

The establishment is too stupid and ignorant to know what it wants; all they know is that they have the power to do basically anything, and a mandate (which is, unbeknownst to them, rooted in their own arrogance and pride) to use that power.

You're right, I was misremembering things there.