Fresh from a trip to Kyiv, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is arguing that the US is getting its “money’s worth” in Ukraine because Russia is taking losses and no Americans are dying, showing a lack of concern for Ukrainian lives.
“Even Americans who have no particular interest in freedom and independence in democracies worldwide, should be satisfied that we’re getting our money’s worth on our Ukraine investment,” Blumenthal wrote in the Connecticut Post.
“For less than 3 percent of our nation’s military budget, we’ve enabled Ukraine to degrade Russia’s military strength by half … All without a single American service woman or man injured or lost,” he added.
The argument has become a common talking point among hawks in Washington who want the US to keep fueling the proxy war against Russia. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) recently called the conflict “the best national defense spending I think we’ve ever done.”
“We’re losing no lives in Ukraine, and the Ukrainians are fighting heroically against Russia,” Romney said. “We’re diminishing and devastating the Russian military for a very small amount of money … a weakened Russia is a good thing.”
The hawkish senators’ comments came amid Ukraine’s faltering counteroffensive. Despite the lack of success on the battlefield, the Biden administration and most members of Congress want to keep funding the war, which they acknowledge would not continue without US support.
“As Zelensky is frank and forthcoming to say, Ukraine could not have survived without America and our allies,” Blumenthal said. “But his counteroffensive is far from an assured success. In the end, the only way he loses is if America pulls the plug.”
The Washington Post recently reported that US intelligence has determined Ukraine’s counteroffensive will fail to meet its main objective of severing Russia’s land bridge to Crimea. Despite the conclusion, the US is pushing Ukrainian commanders to go harder on the battlefield and complaining that Ukraine has become too “casualty averse.”
Leading up to the counteroffensive, the Discord leaks and other media reports showed that the US did not believe Ukraine could regain significant territory. But the Biden administration still pushed for the assault and rejected the idea of a ceasefire.
They believe their own propaganda about “weakening Russia” and they are cynically, unapologetically comfortable with sacrificing hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian lives, and wrecking Ukraine, in their mad quest for unchallenged global domination — not to mention pouring more billions into the pockets of their masters in the process!
“Even Americans who have no particular interest in freedom and independence in democracies worldwide, should be satisfied that we’re getting our money’s worth on our Ukraine investment.” ~Blumenthal
“We’re losing no lives in Ukraine, and the Ukrainians are fighting heroically against Russia. We’re diminishing and devastating the Russian military for a very small amount of money … a weakened Russia is a good thing.” ~Romney
And previously:
“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. 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.” ~McConnell
These are unspeakably vile people.
Russia will be weaker only case if defeated. If not defeated, Russia will be stronger. It is simple as that.
And Russia will not be defeated.
Not without WW3 happening.
Yup, in which case we will all suffer the very worst kind of defeat.
Don’t sell Russia & Putin so short. Do you really think that they don’t have a credible plan to avoid their total destruction in any & all scenarios…??? Their nuclear bombs are 4000 times more powerful than U.S. or NATO’s and their hypersonic missibles unstoppable. They are very clearly very far ahead in Great Game armaments so the game cannot be judged by the parity which no longer exists. All options have changed in ways we cannot fathom not knowing what would happen were there to be the shift to nuclear. God forbid it should happen. But I am sure that Putin and his planners did not invaded Ukraine without end game plans they feel confident about. He is not reckless!!!
I don’t know what you think I meant. I replied to Gypsy saying Russia won’t be defeated. If their ass is planted against a wall, I believe we are all dead. Regardless of Putin’s plan or his confidence.
You too are selling Russia & Putin short. More & more Russia is killing off the Ukraine army, making them desperate & defenseless. No need for Russia to go nuclear, Ukraine is losing quite nicely to better troops, supply, tactics & training. The genocide of Russian speakers being used as cannon fodder seems to be seen by Russian speaker troops that Zman is liquidating & the problem will get worse as morale declines and fewer men can be found to defend, the genocide of the Russian speaking citizens of Ukraine. The tipping point seems to have been reached.
I said IF.
“The tipping point seems to have been reached.”
How many times have you said that over the last 18 months?
Feels like Macgregor’s been saying it every three or four days since the war started.
I am not Macgregor…….WHY DON’T YOU TRY TO FIND JUST ONE TIME, IN THE PAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS I HAVE USED THE PHRASE “TIPPING POINT” & POST VERBATIM!! Also I must note that there be many tipping points in this uncertain business of war. The tipping point just above which I have pointed to is the growing recognition by Russian speaking Ukrainian men that their Nazi influenced and infested political overlords FOIST ON THEM by American directed and financed Maidan coup De Etat to use the firepower of Russians to GENOCIDE their own Russian speaking fellow Citizens to shift the balance of anti -Russian vs Russian speaking & likely friendly Ukrainians to anti-Russian. How convenient it must seem to those of the Nazi ilk to have native Russians killing their Russian friendly fellow citizens. The Neocon Cabal of the self proclaimed Zionist Biden, & Putin hating Clinton and fellow travelers Nuland and Piatt to utilize their mountainous hate to create a civil war that likely has killed a hundred thousand or more.
Yes, our sanctions on Russians didn’t kill their economy. It made it stronger. Putin has a PhD in Economics. He has done an excellent job of raising Russia up out of the ashes of 70 years of Communism and a decade of the Yeltsin/Oligarch enrichment years. That’s why he has to be removed from power. America can’t stand the competition.
From what i can gather the government / MIC has made sure the American people are kept quite by building weapons factories in nearly every state of the union , would that be true ? .
Well, if you use the broad category of “defense jobs,” the answer is yes.
That mormrom Romney is a bad Morman and a bad man!!!!!
But he looks like such a pleasant fellow. 😏
His father really was a perfectly reasonable Republican, back when such people existed.
Yes, I am from Michigan where his father was governor & he seemed reasonable, but I was young and my father was a Republican so I had no informed political insight.
I was just old enough to have developed political awareness when George was prominent. He was a moderate Republican when such people really were moderate. He was a civil rights supporter, came to oppose the war in Vietnam, and worked effectively with Dems. George Romney wouldn’t be allowed in today’s Republican Party — and he wouldn’t want to be part of it.
Yes, it’s been a long hard road from back then to here NOW. Back then Mormons were refusing to go fight in American wars du-jure. The Mormons were antiwar.
Can we please get our money’s worth by spending the money NOT on exploding foreigners? Like rebuilding Lahaina? Fix some potholes? House the homeless? Nope, to our politicians blowing up Russians is far more important to Americans than actually improving lives at home.
Now, now, now…… let’s not get carried away. Radical sentiments like using resources to alleviate the suffering of Americans who have lost their homes and livelihoods and who pay taxes is pretty extreme. Obviously, these resources are better used to invest in killing and maiming people in another country. Heck, you should censored and re educated as the propaganda, err, the truthful information, isn’t sticking. Wrong think is hateful after all. Questioning undermines our free society.
Note: Harsher measures may be required to protect our freedom. This will be for your own good, of course.
Sambor, you’re right up there with NA for VERY effective sarcasm!
And aid to the victims of Florida’s Latest Disaster is “in limbo”.
Of course it is. The federal government gave all our spare change to Ukrainazia.
Can we get our money’s worth by keeping it for our own families?
Politicians think that taxpayers are piggy banks that they can raid for whatever pet projets they want to squander funds on.
Let them set up “Gofundme” pages for their schemes and those who agree can donate. Leave the rest of us alone.
Well they raided the Social Security fund that’s why it’s in trouble
US foreign policy is utterly depraved.
US foreign policy is imperial which is a direct contradiction of what the Founders intended.
Imperial and grounded in evil. Today we have the pentagram of evil…..US, UK, NZ,CA & AUS…. All spying on its citizens and the rest of the world
Yes, it beggars imagination. “less than 3% of our Pentagon budget”, say the Honorable Senator from Connecticut, sublimely oblivious to the 1/2 million dead, 1 and 1/2 million maimed and injured, 14 million displaced, and 4o million deeply immiserated Ukrainians, the “collateral damage”.
Well said Robert!
Did we get our money’s worth in Iraq with all the killing and maiming ? The renowned evil one named Albright seemed to think so
Right. It is appalling. One wonders Will this nightmare ever end? or building to that rough nuclear beast come round at last?
Yes. W B Yeats was very prescient in writing the second coming
From the viewpoint of US imperial interests, it could be a good investment only in case if Russia is defeated in Ukraine. If US is defeated, those investments are counterproductive. If he thinks the success is that about 50K Russian militaries are killed, it is a very strange success because Russia already increased the population by incorporating about 5 million new citizens which according to Minsk Agreement should be the citizens of Ukraine (not counting Crimea which was incorporated into Russia before Minsk Agreements). The sabotage of Peace Agreements in April 2022 made other couple of millions of former Ukrainian citizens move to Russia together with their land. And it is not the end of story yet. Odessa and Kharkov, and two oblasts between them, in case of Russian victory, are also will join Russian Federation. So, everything is going to be decided on the battlefield. What concerns the material damage, Russia already owns the most rich regions of Ukraine. Russian military industry and Russian army became much stronger in the last 18 months. Meanwhile BRICS, thanks to those American investments, became the most important geopolitical organization. The close American ally Saudi Arabia is joining BRICS on 1 January 2024 together with Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and couple of other countries. Is it a good investment?
1) Russia is losing ground.
2) Their industry can’t even replace the transport planes that Ukraine blew up the other night.
3) BRICS is dysfunctional and useless.
4) Your ability to delude yourself IS amazing though.
Cool story bro.
Remind me again how wars of attrition work.
Russia being attrited more than Ukraine. You’re welcome.
Yes it’s their mighty air farce & navy that makes Ukraine invincible, but are you sure a loss of two airplanes will hobble Russia’s ground war…?????
Just scar chasm..
Who said they lost anything?
Russia has yet to lose any soldiers and equipment.
Source: Russian MOD 🤣🤷🏽♂️
It sounds like you have the same news source as Rational Thinker. Such a clever group, Don Julio, Don Bacon and Leomine Alpaca, and such a hot menage a trois!!
“hot menage a trois!!” CRINGE!!! Speaking about CRINGE I’m sorry, but I saw this clip on Twitter this morning and didn’t want to suffer from CRINGING by myself. I do love you, but can’t help sharing this special moment from the brightest intellectuals of our country. (Sarcasm) https://youtu.be/JqfQ_kDOrIY?si=RYhCxeUZqrINY-0n&t=360
Start at 6:00
So you are claiming that Russia is losing more troops than the Ukraine when they have artillery superiority and are fighting from defensive positions with standoff air support?
He writes to the pro Russian bloggers here who flood him with likes. They love the read everything is going great for Russia.
AND THE UKIE SPRING, SUMMER, FALL OFFENSIVE HAS GAINED 200,000 SQ. MILES AND KILLED HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS OF RUSSIANS. They have Moscow surrounded and are just awaiting a warrant to arrest Putin.. Rational Thinker style facts.
Well, there are some devilish details that aren’t yet clear, but basically . . . that nails it.
As Kissinger said to have America as a enemy can be dangerous , having America as a friend can be fatal some thing not wasted on the Saudis or many other countries .
nothing personal, just business
Even by his own gruesome standards Blumenthal fails. Because the Russian army is stronger than ever, now with lots of military experience. They have reorganized their brigades after seeing how they work in battle, they have improved their air defenses, their signal-blocking drone defenses, their missiles, their artillery. They have captured Western vehicles – Bradleys, Sweden’s much better CV90, mortars. They can study these and improve their own vehicles.
Russia has found the future of drones, suicide drones, instead of using drones like pilot-less aircraft. The suicide drones are both cheap and devastating.
U.S. has given away much of its stocks of missiles and artillery shells. As Biden revealed in an unguarded moment, “we’re running out of ammunition” and so even had to send old cluster shells, inefficient against trenches. It will take a long time for NATO countries to replenish their supplies. NATO members in Europe are also suffering from a Biden-created recession, cut off from Russian gas and oil.
Russia has strengthened its ties to Saudi Arabia, India and China, all angered by Biden’s behavior. Russia is now India’s top oil supplier, and Saudi Arabia started buying even more Russian oil after Biden tried to implement a price cap. New nations are joining the Russia/China-led BRICS, which is now aiming to find ways to trade without the dollar.
Russia can look forward to plenty of contracts from around the world, asking for Russian military equipment.
Plan B is to throw the continental proxy NATO allies in the meat grinder and turn the continent in dust.
But Russia has nuclear power to make the US pay too, as Putin said,” there will be no world without Russia”.
The senile Biden does not get it, and closed minded evil, sadistic Nuland and co don’t get it either. They are criminal minds.
It beggars belief that Europe has cut it`s self off from cheap oil / gas just to please the yanks and is now having to pay top price for their imported gas from the yanks , and just to make sure the Germans didn`t change their minds the yanks destroyed the NS2 pipe line , a report i read said the Europeans where scared to death even to mention it in front of a yank all tho they know it was the yanks that did it .
The Soviet Army of WW2 learned exactly the same way as to day in Ukraine , the Nazi Germans called them sub human barbarians ect ect ect the usual name calling the same as today really , they soon changed their minds once it came to hand to hand fighting in Stalingrad the defeat of the Germans in Stalingrad heralded the end of WW2 the Russians never lost another battle which scared the crap out of Churchill / Roosevelt , DDay was effectively a land grab because they feared Stalin and his Red Army where going to over run Europe , Churchill said as much in his memoirs .
And Putin is definitely helping with his failed imperialistic ambitions.
Wouldn’t you know, here comes the “Putin did it” boy.
Except Putin DID do it…
Did what? Putin isn’t even mentioned in the article and Don isn’t replying to another comment. So he, like you, ignore the gist of the article which was pointing out how callous the US is regarding Ukrainians dying to weaken Russia. Showing, once again, that you both have no problem with that.
Once again, Wars, I’ll tell you that I have NO PROBLEM with the Ukrainians defending themselves and attempt to take back what was stolen from them. (I’m sure Donnie J would say the same.)
As long as you can twist it, at least in your mind, that this is something other than them being used by the West as a good investment. It just doesn’t seem to matter how blatant they are about their true admissions to you and Donnie J it would seem.
The West benefitting from Putin’s demise is a side-effect…
I at least thought you’d come back with some jingoistic nonsense on why the Ukrainians were willing to continue to be sacrificed, but I guess you wanted to prove my point. What’s a few more deaths if there is a benefit to had by the West.
Again, please read my comments…
I did. You should remember what you say.
Once again, spending your antiwar energy going after the supporters of Ukraine, the country the man you protect so much invaded and annexed.
Never mind the radical pro russian invasion here.
See why you suck? You are a fake.
Thanks for always proving me right.
Supporters? That’s rich. The article is about US Senators callously talking about a war being a good investment for the US because its degrading Russia’s military and you clowns are defending that. Never mind the Ukrainian deaths. That’s why I respond to you morons. And that doesn’t make me any less antiwar except in your feeble mind. What it does makes me is someone who is against more Ukrainian deaths to benefit US investments which you nor Rational Thinker give a rat’s ass about.
Do you have any rational explanation why the US is even in Ukraine, why the Obama/Biden did the regime change in 2014, why did Obama/Biden not support the Minsk agreements to end the civil war in Ukraine? In short, Ukraine is NOT a NATO member, it shares a border with Russia and not with the USA. So what is the real reason why the USA keeps pushing for more war? Cui bono?
Russia invaded, US supports the struggle for Ukraine. To take back what’s theirs. (Really not that complicated.)
There was no need to struggle, the USA encouraged Ukraine to provoke Russia, not to fear Russia because NATO was ready to provide military support, funding training and arming and military NATO exercises
inside Ukraine. Every little dog is smart enough to know not to bite the big dog.
They didn’t do “regime change”, the Ukes did. The Minsk agreement was violated by Russia-leaning entities in the Donbas so it was useless.
The Obama/Biden administrations spend $$ 5 Billion in Ukraine, funding the destabilization and regime change of Ukraine based on what Victoria Nuland, who does know, said, and she does not tell a lie, never. The Minsk agreements were never violated because they were not implemented in the first place!!!
You know better than that, Nuland was there, she confirmed the US funded the regime change and picked the people to replace the elected president.
Nope. Wrong.
Prove me wrong, any proof that the phone call days before the regime change never happened?
You prove me wrong…
I can’t prove a negative, the same goes for you. Google the phone call, the whole world knows about it except for you, evidence POSITIVE. You are a true believer, what the official MSM tells you, you believe, the government or MSM would never tell a lie.
Yes. We all know about “the call”. Boilerplate diplomatic-speak. You Russo-phones keep trying to make it into something more.
“Do you have any rational explanation why the US is even in Ukraine”
Yes: https://media4.giphy.com/media/XZkqrQeqkxelW/giphy-downsized-small.mp4
You could not have said it better.
Good one, Mr. T!
So I take it you are also against American “imperialistic ambitions,” aren’t you?
Don can’t, there is a vacuum where his pea sized brain should be.( not to offend, just /s.)
Yeah, you mofos hate the supporters of Ukraine.
Your insult is irrelevant.
There’s that same old false premise that pro Empire folks use on which to base their views on this conflict. That Putin has “imperialist ambitions” to reunite the former USSR. They don’t look at the real known and proven imperialist ambition country that you mentioned.
I am. Are you against Russia’s?
Yes, but that does not preclude me from paring realities on the ground. Russia and Ukraine need to get to the negotiating table ASAP and end the bloodshed.
So if you are against America’s empire you would agree that their meddling in Ukrainian politics and wanting Ukraine to join NATO is problematic to say the least and from a Russian perspective unacceptable.
I bet it was brutal for you to read what these fuckers said but you found a way to bring up Putin. Good one.
Eat a bag, collaborator.
How many beers did it take to come up with that brilliance?
Why is a weak Russia good for the West?
USA has learned this perverted World view from the UK and its centuries of stirring unrest and conflict
smirking Mitt Romney thinks that. but Americans don’t hate Russians, we have no reason at all.
Just reading a book called the scramble for Africa in the eighteenth century , the only good African was a dead one and the ones that where left ended up as slaves for the likes of Stanley , Cecil Rhodes ect ect not to mention the other CORRUPT countries of Europe .
And Rhodes’ student, MacInder.
Don’t forget that wonderful benevolent monarch from Belgium, Leopoldo.
We would really get our money’s worth if we cut parasites like Blumenthal off from the taxpayer teat and made them get actual productive jobs.
I vote for street-sweeper.
Or maybe picking up dog poop at the park.
“Or maybe picking up dog BLUMENTHAL at the park.”
Fixed.
Too dignified for him.
Remember the Joker Blumenthal “ fought gloriously in Vietnam “
Too bad we haven’t “got our money’s worth” with these self-serving, narcissistic politicians.
“Fascism refers to a way of organizing society with an emphasis of autocratic government, dictatorial leadership, and the suppression of opposition. “
The root of all evil is $ and this perv takes it down even more so…
And he has lots of company.
Remember, these people are just representatives of the MI Complex, their utterances are just to create an “evil adversary” narrative that can be sold by their colleagues in the MSM to keep the people pacified while hundreds of billions are transferred annually to the people the politicians really work for.
Otherwise, none of this makes sense. A weakened and disorganized Russia, even if that Is somehow the outcome of this war, is Not in America’s interest. Russia was not our enemy, there was no reason it would be our enemy on the other side of the world. And a strong Russia fully in charge of its nukes and territory is necessary for peace and security of the world.
The neocon establishment simply declared Russia and China America’s avarices, and with it the right to sanction Russia and China, including individuals, coercing other nations to participate or else.
A Pariah state, an outcast. The ugly American is back.
“the best national defense spending I think we’ve ever done.”
The ever growing pile of dead Nazis is your proof… Stay the course!
What scum the man is, are there any people with honor left in Washington? I can’t name a single one.
Maybe Rand Paul
At times. Other times his balls disappear.
He’s not his old man, that’s for sure.
The so-called leadership is a reflection of the people that voted for them. And these losers keep getting re-elected!. I’ll never understand this
These losers have enough green backs to fund the professional manipulation of the voters.
Not since Ron Paul retired, Lysi…
Ron Paul
Off-topic, but I don’t want anyone to miss it. Euronews headline:
Ukraine war: Frontline gains may enable Crimea capture . . .
Kuleba is spitting the Ukrainians in the face, he is a war criminal and will go to hell if there is a hell.
Now, that’s a true statement from a RetardiQAn…!
“Russia is taking losses”… But, at the same time they took over one third of Ukraine…!? How could that be possible…?!
“no Americans are dying”… But, America (US) is dying…! And that is the reason for US involvement in this proxy war…!
This Senator is dumb as a rock.
Either that, or he thinks about his constituents that way.
“This your rifle, this is your gun, this is for fighting and this is for fun”, Mr. Blumenthal.
These are by far more than just plain vanilla evil people.
They are calculating and have agenda that is hidden from American people.
They are now out in force pitching Ukraine funding and selling us on presumed benefits. Bill Kristol , the descendent of prominent US Trotskyite communist, is leading an effort to fund a massive campaign to popularize Ukrainian war aming Republicans grass roots that are showing decline in support for funding Ukraine.
All sorts of dark money is pouring into his coffers.
If we think they do not care about Ukrainians, we are right. They do not. They are more than happy to see the Ukrainian majority — Orthodox Christians — diminished in numbers. Why? Population that traditionally opposed NATO membership and supported Ukraine orientation East for trade and investments,. China, not just Russia invested in Ukraine. This is what coup sought to change.
The chief reason Zelenski forcibly by police action shut down authentic Ukrainian Orthodoc Church and made state created Orthodox Church of Ukraine — the only option left for Orthodox Ukrainians. And just to show his conpempt for his majority populace, Zelenski passed the law changing Christmas to Western date.
Yes, objective is to kill as many “wrong” Ukrainians”, and to destroy their authentic culture through all forms of oppression. The impression was created that Zelenski was “only” after ethnic Russians, making it less likely that Americans woukd object to Ukrainians oppressing Russian Ukrainians. – as it felt like a “normal” war time retribution. But this is maskung a more devious reality. It is masking the effort under way to change completely what does it mean to be Ukrainian. An artificial identity is being carved out to transition Ukrsinians into the State created chirch where the steady diet of Russia hate is to reshape the country into unofficially Vatican sponsored Church with Eastern Orthodox service observannce. It has already been done to Greek Orthodox in Ukrainr.
Thus no tears for list Ukrainian lives. Talk about recivering territories is just talk. Zelenski backers do not want those Russians in their country at all, They will hapilly let them go. Of course, they would not mind having that territory but without people. But they sre prepared to let them go, with only one objective on wish list — cut off the land corridor now connecting Rusdia to Crimea.
Zelenski keeos on repeating that he wants to run the country like Israel, He means it. Continuation of oppression after war is needed to rear new generations accepting Ukrainian udentity as Re-defined by Westernized religion and Westernized hate of “Asian” Russians. Turning the country into another Poland.
Russia seens to adopt strategy of waiting. Zelenski’s objective to loose as many soldiers is coupled by Americsn complsinr about him being “casualty averse “ -/ creates a perfect blend of continued planned carnage. Russia will wait patiently while this “counteroffensive” grinds on nowhere. Ukraine is doing everything to provoke Russia, with little success. But Russia has over 300,000 soldiers outside Ukrainian borders — waiting for what? One guess is — Russia expects that the carnage will create internal problems. Even under war time regime now sufficating Ukraine, pressure on militar commanders will uncrease presdure on civilians. They are already being hunted for frontline. Objectively, they are running out of soldiers as hiding male relatives has turned into high art.
In short, Russia does not believe Zelenski inner circle can survive the pressure. An going and undying support of Us snd EU is good for morale of Zelenski’s circle -/ but it does nothing for an Ukrainian on the street. As the anger rises, so will the dangers of internal destabilization.
I believe Russia is projecting this scenario. This scenario is more likely one as ibserved by dessertion rate.
And nobody has bothered to explain why weakening Russia is a good thing. Historically it has been West invading Russia not Russia invading West. It s West taking advantage of the fallout from Soviet Unuin dissolution by supporting extreme agendas in Ukraine.
If there is be an election next year in 2024 and not rigged by US or Ukraine, Zelensky would be ousted…!
I can’t lay 100% of the blame on them. If people are willing to die and destroy their countries for the likes of Richard Blumenthal and Mitt Romney, then it’s at least 50-50. …That’s cruel? …Yeah? …Well, are you willing to die for Joe Biden? …Oh $hit. You are? …Wait? …We all are? (Cruel Sarcasm)
GREAT sarcasm NA! Always! 😁
Thanks, Gypsy. It’s really natural and easy for me because I’m ridiculously silly and stupid. The trick is to just let it all go and think exactly as stupid and evil as Richard Blumenthal and Mitt Romney. (Sarcasm)
You’re a very long ways from “stupid”, my friend! 😁
Getting our money’s worth in blood – he should have said.
As i said in a earlier post , don`t be surprised if you still commenting on this US / UK proxy war in 30 years time , even if the Russian military was degraded which is wish full thinking on the part of the yanks Russia is still a force to be reckoned with because of it`s nuclear stock pile , not only that if ever the yanks where stupid enough to think they can take down Russia down in a first strike they will rue the day .
I don’t think this war will last another year. When Ukraine’s “counter-offensive” runs out of steam, most likely, Russia will drop the sledgehammer. There is no long term benefit for Russia to keep fighting this war. It must end.
Certainly, it was only a matter of time before Danang Dick (never was in Vietnam war as he claimed) came forth as a military expert.
Gad, these cretins, roomny, bloomy, mc connell, lindney,make one sick and ashamed.
Sen. Graham said it first if I am not mistaken.
What a bunch of creepy , morally bankrupt millionaires are ruling the nation. The kind of people who govern at the end of dying empires.
If the man had integrity he would have a conscience, his kind are without a soul, just POS. They are the real fascists in a “democratic” government.
Caligula Redux, Lysi.
Clearly, for once, they tell the truth, IT IS a war between the US and Russia at the cost of the annihilation of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. The Europeans should listen well, after Ukraine the European NATO members will replace the annihilated Ukraine proxy, it will be their turn to be the cannon fodder and their continent will be in ashes.
And they even fund their own slaughter. It is called plan B ask Nuland, the monster in charge.
The really disgusting thing about this is assholes like Blumenthal and Romney can say this shit out loud and not have an ounce of fear that there will be any negative consequences. They could use it as a campaign slogan to raise money and it would work. That is how fucked up of a society we live in. Nary a care about the dead.
And this FU society would remain as long as zionist are in charge of the main stream media…!
BINGO…!!!!
“For less than 3 percent of our nation’s military budget, we’ve enabled Ukraine to degrade Russia’s military strength by half “
Reminds of that scam commercial for less than 3 cents a day, Pablo can eat a whole chicken.
Imagine what $21 billion in nonUkraine could do to save a broken down bridge US town or a city.
People opposing the US around the world are using these types of statements against the US in a very powerful way. The US is clearly stating that it gives zero value to Ukranian lives. Exactly zero.
I’m willing to bet there were isolationist voices (pre-tankie) that were yelling, “the US doesn’t care about French lives!” when we were helping the French Underground. (I’ll have to do some research.)
Oh do not worry about isolationists within the US. They will get creamed in any attempt they might make to even slow down US plans to weaken Russia.
Within the US, your side will win the battle to belittle and insult and defeat people like me. I accepted that long ago.
The audience for Russia is not Americans. It is people in India, a nation that is buying as much oil as it can get from Russia, reportedly using Yuan and not Dollars. It is the people in Saudi Arabia, who are now working with Syria and Iran. It is people in Africa who are fighting to liberate themselves from continued French colonization. The US narrative is doing less well in other parts of the world.
India is buying oil at the cheapest rate they can. It’s called opportunism.
I support freedom-loving people everywhere who wish to pursue sovereign decisions.
The problem with the current situation is: Although BRICS contains the most POPULATED countries, NATO contains the largest ECONOMIES. (Also, BRICS can’t get its s**t together.)
THAT makes a difference.
Thank you for your respectful response. When there are articles discussing any of these issues, then an in-depth discussion would be both on topic and quite interesting.
I stand ready to respectfully discuss those topics. Take care.
Oh poor YOU, not getting enough respect. But what you are selling is crazy talk as if the Russians are losing.
Who is winning or losing is being decided on the battle field every day, in the cities and towns. The Russians do not talk quite as much as they do and they do not depend on the charity of others. They can be & are self sustaining. The shady goods you are selling are self evidently at odds with the true situation of the killing fields, hypersonic missiles against drones. A country with no air force or Navy against the best and biggest armed country on the planet. It’s touching how you prop them up with words of support and encouragement, but it is futile as time will surely reveal.
Delusional Kremlin employee.
Senator Romney and Sen. Richard Blumenthal are thinking while inside a box?
I suppose a stalemate is just what we paid for…
This has really stayed with me and I can’t help but think about all of the chiding of Ukraine being casualty averse, yet at the same time publicly bragging that the US lost no lives, so it is money well spent.
How do Ukrainians not absolutely detest the US government for making their deaths a “good investment” ?
Good comment. In time, the Ukrainians will realize they have been played by these Neo-Liberal war-wh*res. Ultimately, the US / NATO will declare the war unwinnable then pack up their toys and leave Ukraine in ruins with bodies still burning on the battlefield. I only hope Zelensky ends up on the bottom side of a rope.
Ukraines problems of using untrained troops tells that the Russian speakers have wised up to being genocided, and have voted with their feet out of the kill zones to Europe. Just a day or two ago Zman was talking about extraditing the military aged men who fled to Europe. But I am quite sure there is no solution that involves extraditing men from Europe to fight their war. Too many venues of appeal with years long waits to be heard. The war will finish before any cases exhaust all the red tape.
America’s moral blinders obscure their obvious hypocrisy.
I remember well how “Lend Lease” ended. I was 14 then.
Goes to show how tone deaf America’s Politicians can be for the right price.
“Sen. Blumenthal: US Getting Its ‘Money’s Worth’ in Ukraine Because Americans Aren’t Dying – Sen. Romney recently called the proxy war the ‘the best national defense spending’ the US has ever done”
Americans are dying in Ukraine just not in Uniform.
The most cogent analysis of Ukraine, the American military, and the American economy.
Into the abyss: Colonel Douglas Macgregor tells us why the Ukraine war must end now.
Max Blumenthal is evil incarnate. He is a Neocon / Neo-Liberal and war-wh*re but most importantly an enemy of Liberty and the US Constitution.
Remember this is a person who amongst others in this sick world believe“ Israel has a right to defend itself “ as it indiscriminately slaughters Palestinian civilians. Meanwhile, Palestinians trying to defend themselves are labeled “terrorists”.
OH YES Mr. Bluenthal, America is getting its money worth, but not quite as intended. You see money spent fomenting wars, and especially wars of duplicity, killing & dislocating thousands of innocent civilians generate BAD KARMA, OR BAD LUCK as many like to call it. Whatever appellation one chosse, the result is usually the same. By hubris, America’s elected and military leaders have underestimated those who they see as “the enemy” and overestimated their own ability to control events and the narrative. Thus they find themselves tangled up in another Afghan like fiasco, except this current fiasco is with a themonuclear superpower, armed with bombs 4000 times the explosive force of the bombs the U.S. & NATO deploy. In addition they’ve unstoppable hypersonic missiles that can level most NATO capitol cities in the time it takes to shine your shoes. Does this seem like sound and prudent planning…????? Didn’t any of Obama’s hawks get the memo on just how far behind Russia and China the war on terror5 put the U.S. & NATO behind in military primacy?? The old saw is “hubris precedes a great fall” Perhaps “hubris precedes a long crawl may apply to future negotiations for the party that miscalculated most grievously!!!!!
It is true. By killing off as mmany Ukrainians of wrong, non-Western religion, Ukraine will be ethnically reengineered, insuring Ukraine, turns into another Poland. There is simply no explanation for the tactics used by Ukraine. And US suggesting that Ukrainian leaders are “casualty averse”, giving Zelenski a podium to spout his fake concern for hundreds of thousands dead, In fact one village, Ribotnie, Ukraine “won” five times already, predictably setting those soldies up for killing. Then they send snother batch, then another…
Benefit will only occur if — a big if — current leadership stays in power. No matter how well protected.
And now that soldiers sre being pulled from Western Ukraine — the leadership surroundingvand protecting Zelenski — is vulnerablle, Recruiting now people from factories, and schools — hunting for new recruits is takung a bizzare turn. Now, Zelenski wants Europe to return all males of fighting age.
Yes, great benefits. As if the world is blind to it.
And so we see how US neocons view the pawns they push around the war chess board: meat for the meat grinder. Unfortunately, the left seems to be onboard with supporting Ukraine in this war, despite its Nazi trappings and totalitarian government. And that may be an indication where the left in America is heading.
What a piece of shit.. In a just world, he’d be stripped of his American citizenship, given a rifle and sent to Ukraine.
Cluster horrific!!!!
Sounds like the russian Hawaii wildfires negative campaign that came to antiwar blog from the usual pro russian suspects.
https://youtube.com/shorts/fDi5qRpdl58?si=sqtgl40o1nb6DxG8