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

Eli5 that Pluto shit I toned out the Cave hard when I took a philosophy class

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

I found this funny and topical example.

Basically some dudes are tied up in a cave so they can only look forward. Behind them some other dude's are making shadow puppets. The tied up dudes think the shadow puppets are the real world because they can't look anywhere else and don't think there is anything else. But then there's something about if you're skeptical you can escape the cave and see the real world outside.