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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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[–] AttackPanda@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago (18 children)

Euromaiden!?!??? Like a major defining moment in Ukrainian history!

[–] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (17 children)

The one where NATO backed coup overthrew the democratically elected government of Ukraine? That seems like the opposite of fighting to get out from under foreign thumb

[–] FluffyPotato@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (16 children)

The one that happened because their leader was passing laws making him a dictator and violently putting down protesters leading to more protests causing him to flee. Also any support came after that was over, not before.

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

I mean there's a recording of Victoria Neuland talking about setting it up from months before but whatever.

[–] FluffyPotato@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the same point 30 other have brought up as well even though what was said was who they would think the leader is going to be which they, to no ones surprise, said the leader of the opposition, ya know, the guy who would be in power if their system worked like it should. That's like someone saying they like the guy as leader that got all the votes.

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

But the guy who actually got all the votes was yanukovich.

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