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majorshrapnel
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Date Posted:2022-04-13 10:49:33Copy HTML

A room for all things political

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Date Posted:2025-07-16 02:39:48Copy HTML

If I understood the news right, NATO is going to take over supplying the Ukraine with arms purchased from the U.S.  Does this technically take us out of the conflict?
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Date Posted:2025-07-16 02:44:34Copy HTML

I suppose it does, although I'm sure the USA will still be providing satellite information etc to Ukraine. As far as equipment goes it'll be like Lend-Lease in the early days of WW II, in but not in as it were. Seems a fair solution to me as long as Trump puts no restrictions on the sale and use of weapons, whatever Ukraine wants it should get.  

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Date Posted:2025-07-16 02:46:40Copy HTML

With the U.S. receiving payment from Ukraine in the form of minerals & other resources means we have a "skin" in the game.
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Date Posted:2025-07-16 07:38:42Copy HTML

I suppose it does, although I'm sure the USA will still be providing satellite information etc to Ukraine. As far as equipment goes it'll be like Lend-Lease in the early days of WW II, in but not in as it were. Seems a fair solution to me as long as Trump puts no restrictions on the sale and use of weapons, whatever Ukraine wants it should get.  


Are you meaning to tell me that Putin’s best mate and puppet is selling (ie giving) weapons to his enemies? I don’t believe it. Tell me this is a joke.

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Date Posted:2025-07-16 10:37:14Copy HTML

Putin had his chance to stay on Trump's good side.  It may be that his people don't want him to cooperate with a U.S. president, though.
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Date Posted:2025-07-17 05:18:36Copy HTML

The only thing that matters to Putin now is defeating Ukraine, delivering something he can claim as a victory. The economy can suffer, thousands can die but he must have a victory, hence I suspect he'll pummel Ukraine over the next seven weeks. 

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Date Posted:2025-07-17 09:39:47Copy HTML

Surely he knows by now that Ukraine is not coming back to the Russian fold, so I suspect some sort of land concession will be the only "victory" he will claim.  I agree that Ukraine is in for a lot more pummeling -- until NATO gets those arms to them, then it will be Russia's turn to take a pummeling.  How many dead does it take to end a war?
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Date Posted:2025-07-17 11:20:31Copy HTML

It’s at least a million and counting so far
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Date Posted:2025-07-17 11:30:00Copy HTML

For Putin there's no limit. If he was told they could take a devastated village that's no more than a pile of rubble but it would cost him 1000 Russian lives he'd say go ahead. 

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Date Posted:2025-07-17 02:14:03Copy HTML

It took until 1986, 200 years for the US to run up it first two trillion dollar national debt. It now stands at 37 trillion. In 2024 the US spent $822 billion on defence and $877 billion on the national debt.
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