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2022-04-09 -Land of the Free

Americans are torn between the desire to save Ukraine and the sad reality that we won't. Years of division and a visibly incompetent blunderer as president have made our nation weak, writes historian WILFRED MCCLAY

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-04-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Not our circus. Not our monkeys.
Stay the fuck out.

Posted by Snakes Trotsky6423 2022-04-09 00:05|| 2022-04-09 00:05|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ Amen, brother. It's just not our problem. We have no vital interest in that shitty country

Posted by Omererong Shique1588 2022-04-09 00:45|| 2022-04-09 00:45|| Front Page Top

#3
Americans are torn between ~~the~~ desire ~~to save Ukraine~~ and ~~the sad~~ reality

FIFY

Posted by Dron66046 2022-04-09 01:52|| 2022-04-09 01:52|| Front Page Top

#4 We also had no compelling interest in Afghanistan when the soviets invaded but for the impish desire to make it hell for the soviets. I have no issue doing the same here, but no troops. Golden opportunities for field testing our hardware vs theirs.

Posted by Silentbrick 2022-04-09 07:18|| 2022-04-09 07:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Except we're making it hell for ourselves and for the poor Ukrainians. It's not like Afghanistan because fucking bleeding hearts have adopted Ukraine as their next Holy Mission.

We will be on the hook to clean up Putin's mess. Billions every year for the next 30 years at least. While they make us poor and push ration cards on us

Posted by Greck Fillmore6253 2022-04-09 07:29|| 2022-04-09 07:29|| Front Page Top

#6 A classic example of unintended consequences came out of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. We interfered and provided weapons to the Afghans. Eventually the Soviets had enough and left. But then we got Osama bin Laden. Recent history is littered with the tragedies that result from American interventionism.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-04-09 13:24|| 2022-04-09 13:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Meanwhile...

Posted by Dron66046 2022-04-09 14:07|| 2022-04-09 14:07|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ Blackrainian Lives Matter!

Posted by Greck Fillmore6253 2022-04-09 15:25|| 2022-04-09 15:25|| Front Page Top

#9 #1 Not our circus. Not our monkeys.
Stay the fuck out.

Damn straight. If they're going to put up another botchjob in a shithole country that's none of our business, they can bloody well sink their own money. Not ours. Stay the fuck out.

Posted by Greck Fillmore6253 2022-04-09 15:49|| 2022-04-09 15:49|| Front Page Top

#10 The media is torn between desire and reality. The general public could care less.

Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2022-04-09 20:29|| 2022-04-09 20:29|| Front Page Top

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