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McConnell on Ukraine proxy war: "We haven’t lost a single American in this war. Most of the money that we spend, is spent on replenishing weapons, so it’s actually employing people here."[paraphrased] (edition.cnn.com)

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Mitch McConell says the quiet part out loud.

Exact full quote from CNN:

“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,” McConnell said. “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.”

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4085063

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[–] mim@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (25 children)

Funny how living standards in the ex-soviet countries have improved considerably since joining the EU, but that has not been the case for the ones that chose to be kept under Russia's sphere of influence. 🤔

Looks like the EU is really bad at looting, they should learn from Russia.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (16 children)

living standards in the ex-soviet countries have improved considerably since joining the EU

Yeah the living standards sure did improve after one of the worst demographic disasters in that era. Easy for things to get better when you start from the bottom I mean come on do better.

[–] mim@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (12 children)

So, why didn't Belarus improve at the same rate as the Baltic countries?

They both started from the bottom, right?

[–] Maoo@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Balts were immediately used as forward positions for NATO and were allowed to keep their state programs and industry. Belarus got the same treatment as Russia.

You should probably know the answer to your own snarky questions before you ask them.

[–] mim@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So, what you're saying is that the countries that sided with the West got a better deal than the ones that became Russian puppets?

[–] Flaps@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

When a country joins the western bloc, they join them.

When a country joins any other multinational pact, they're puppets.

I'm not influenced by western propaganda

[–] PosadistInevitablity@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Two capitalist nations fucking over their subjects is not the own you think it is

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