Sardines
Well-Known Member
I agree that it is extraordinarily frustrating. Many of the very recent missile attacks that specifically targeted civilians, including a number of "double tap" missile attacks that are done specifically to kill first responders, could have been prevented if this aid had been delivered 6 months ago. That part is just horrible. What is even more frustrating, not because of the soldiers lives because in war it should be the soldiers who die, but because we delayed aid many Ukrainian soldiers died who absolutely did not need to. Russia has many many times the number of soldiers. Each Ukrainian soldier is worth 10 Russian soldiers or more, and I don't mean that in the positive, I mean that the cost to Ukraine to lose 1 soldier is more detrimental to their fight than it is to Russia if 10 or even 20 Russian soldiers die. Those soldier will not be there in future battles. Those soldiers will not benefit from this needlessly delayed aid.It’s better to have it than not but this is frustrating. What was all the delay for? We could’ve given Ukraine this aid 6 months ago. It certainly didn’t help the GOP politically. It’s just really frustrating how our country is held hostage by a few losers in the House who are addicted to outrage porn on Fox News. If Fox News didn’t exist, this aid would’ve been approved long ago.
How much of politics is based on Fox News merely opposing what their perceived cultural and political enemies support?
Ukraine, vaccines, mail in voting, public education, all come to mind…
Our money will not go as far now as it would have gone 6 months ago. Ukraine is on their back foot. This aid will help them hopefully dig back what they have been bleeding away for the last 6 months. We're all NBA fans, right? This is like if in the middle of the second quarter the refs just make up fouls and give your star player foul 3 and 4 before you even have time to get them out of the game. This delayed aid is like a make-up call that gives a bench guy his second foul.