Kirby said from the WH the other day that the cost of a loss in Ukraine would mean American blood.
He's not wrong.... russian state media makes very clear that they really, really, reaaaallllly want a war with the US (just not quite yet).
Forget Ukraine... what do the republicans want to do about an aggressive, expansionist russia that wants war with NATO?
Like it or not, the US is not returning to Feb 23, 2022.... and pretending that russia is not a major threat is insane, stupid (or shows they've been bought off).
russia can't mount a military attack against the west yet, but the faintest semblance of a 'victory' will embolden them to attack NATO (not directly at once, it will be small incursions that can be ignored... until they can't).
And russia is _far_ better at hybrid warfare than the US and is the US doing anything about that?
Feb 23, 2022 and Oct 07 are steps in the same process and the US is standing around with its thumb up its @ss wondering why people are being so mean... (both parties are broken I'm non-partisan in my disdain for US politics).
Ukraine pilots are being trained in the US
Well after a year after asking for that.... what was the reason for delaying so long?
Republican concern about the border after decades of facilitating illegal immigration stinks of kayfabe.... if they cared then why didn't they support Trump on immigration?
I agree the border situation is completely effed up. I disagree that the republicans want to do something about it or the drug plagues or mass shoplifting or addicts sh]tting on the streets either.
I will say that all of these are not the big problem, they're _symptoms_ of the big problem and the root causes need to be addressed for anything to happen.