As I see it. Status quo is insane.
#15 | Posted by BellRinger

Tens of billions for utterly destroying the second biggest military threat (compared to the ~$900 billion we spend for our military every single year)? Without risking a single American life? I think your math is not the same as mine.

There's no doubt which side Russia will take when we finally confront China. So the more their military is neutered by Ukraine, the better, IMHO.

And "peace in our time" appeasement is short-sighted. But I'm not bending over backwards trying to make excuses for my draft-dodging, russophile, putin-sucking, money-grubbing president.

That took about 5 decades
I've got the time. Let Russia suffer out in the cold for fifty years and see if it was worth it.

I don't know if a truce is possible but I do believe it should be first priority given the status quo is the classic definition of insanity.
#11 | Posted by BellRinger

That's for the people of Ukraine to decide. Since they were the ones that had their people murdered and their land stolen from them.

We shouldn't be giving up their land for them and handing out their natural resources to their invader.

Ceasefire. Weird it was in the title?
#1 | Posted by gracieamazed

Maybe Iseral stole that too!

Israel's military early Tuesday said it was "conducting extensive strikes" against Hamas targets in Gaza, further straining an increasingly fragile ceasefire between Israel and the militant group.

from a practical standpoint, with or without formal recognition Russia still occupies Crimea and no military on the planet is going to take action to reverse that.
#8 | Posted by BellRinger

You'd be surprised what could change with a revolution or two (See USSR).

But there's no reason for the US to give up what the Ukrainian people have not. Unless we are also Putin's Beach.

How can Russia be "given" a piece of land that it has possessed since 2014?
#3 | Posted by BellRinger

Formal recognition, as it says in the three-sentence summary. The type we have not given before Orange Pussolini drops to his knees for Putin next month.

But you already knew that.

I'm pretty sure Obama gave Crimea away back during his Presidency, but hey what do I know ...
#2 | Posted by Bluewaffles

Good job trying to cover for Trump's bend-over for Putin.

No one could have foreseen that Putin's Beach would do this.

There's a good chance that Trump thinks "Agent Orange" is Vietnam's nickname for him.

It appears that some Dems want to create a big enough ruckus that it will give Trump cover to declare martial law. And Trump will have no compunctions about doing so.

Then those same Dems will cry at the inevitable results and vote Green in 2028, because PaLEstiNe wiLl be fReE!! or some equally absurd nonsense. All while watching our nation burn and the GOP will waltz into the White House again...

This could very well be laid in the hands of SCOTUS.
#4 | Posted by lfthndthrds

You can probably copy/paste those words for every major issue for the next 30 years.

GOP took SCOTUS and will use it to cement their policies and invalidate every progressive law and regulation for the foreseeable future.

The only hope we have is Jill Stein 2028!.

Trump was just asking questions...

Like the questions we ask of whether Trumps spits or swallows at his meetings with Putin.

Trump's border czar: "I don't care what the judges think"

That seems like a thing one should not say before violating court orders.

Rofl, once again liberals cannot shake their hypocrisy. For DECADES, liberals are the ones who have demonized the military camp.
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#33 | Posted by humtake

Your Russian troll posts are still getting paid by the word, it seems.

I'm a liberal (although many here think I'm not because I don't cotton to an infinite number of genders/sexes, hugging Islamist terrorists, handing out gold star stickers to violent criminals, etc.) and I've always believed in a strong military presence and capacity. Because that's the only way to ensure the Putins of Russia and the Pooh Bears of China don't call the shots.

You mean the one that gave un mitigated access to illegal immigration? Keep swinging.
#11 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Sure, you can always find a peg to hang your hat on. Only reason it failed to pass, though, was because that's what Trump demanded of the GOP. Because he wanted to hurt the Dems with immigration.

I see you don't give illegal immigration the spotlight it deserves either.
#9 | Posted by lfthndthrds

I know it was important to some states, and the article mentions it.

Guess I can't really blame the Dems too much for it since the GOP tanked the border bill on Trump's orders in order to hurt the Dems. And American voters fell for it.

Trump Upending World Order will Cost America Dearly

That's not a bug, that's a feature of the Putin/Trump administration.

Alienating one of the strongest potential allies we could have in a war against China.

Which is guess is only appropriate since we treat our actual allies like chrap nowadays ...

Page honoring Charles C Rogers for his Vietnam war service is now defunct with letters DEI' added to website address.

Hair Furor's position appears to be that no black person ever earned their honors. That almost seems racist.

Go ahead and say the quiet part out loud. They're in this predicament because of the garbage agenda they decided to heap on average Americans.
#6 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Partially, since that motivated many anti-dems to vote. But it was mostly inflation, as was mentioned here multiple times. And that was a global issue and not one that Dems could do very much about short of destroying the national economy and tossing millions out of work (like Trump appears to be doing right now, since he doesn't give two sheets how the poor middle class are hurt).

Dems are powerless.

For instance, if they had not helped pass the spending bill, Trump would have used it as the basis to be even more draconian with government cuts. Maybe even lay the groundwork to cancel midterms in two years.

There's no limit to what norms Trump will violate because the GOP is too afraid to stop him.

Chickens have come home to roost for all those Dems/libs who decided to stay at home/vote Green during elections in November.

MAGAt Shocked After Immigrant Wife Detained

As "shocked" as Clarence Thomas when his future ruling against interracial marriage invalidates his ties to that train wreck wife of his?

something tells me there are plenty of other sources out there, not sure this is a nuke.
#3 | Posted by kwrx25

If I didn't know better, I would speculate that Trump is intentionally destroying our economy with his tariffs, illegal layoffs of tens of thousands of federal workers, threats to fire hundreds of thousands more, and undermining our defense industry. Almost like one would do in order to profit from shorting our market and gain from foreign stock market increases.

Good thing a man of Trump's sterling character would never engage in such selfish and treasonous conduct.

Krasnov Fats Was Played By Putin Again

Not played one bit. Trump is deliberately helping Putin attack Ukraine, because Trump is Putin's Beach.