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originally posted by: Chrisfishenstein
a reply to: CaticusMaximus
This is clearly, I mean CLEARLY, the government attempting to start a war with Russia! Is this not 100% clear? If Russia says that the USA offering to weaponize or help Ukraine is a clear act of war and "our government" STILL votes to do this....What is that saying to it's people?
originally posted by: noeltrotsky
a reply to: CaticusMaximus
Excellent move and long overdue.
If you can't get the EU to sign up to real tough economic sanctions which they keep refusing then the US can only start arming Ukraine. Get the weapons in there to stop Russia from annexing more territory. Sadly the EU doesn't have a system of government to deal with military aggression very well. Once again they need to be bailed out.
originally posted by: Chrisfishenstein
a reply to: noeltrotsky
So when Russia says anyone that gets involved with assisting Ukraine is an act of war, then the USA is passing in overwhelming fashion a bill to send weapons to Ukraine....Is that not helping and in fact clearly opting to go to war with Russia over this? I don't see how you can't see it that way....
originally posted by: noeltrotsky
a reply to: uncommitted
You mean the Sanctions that force 80 people or so to vacation outside the EU? Or the sanctions that force them to buy Oil Drilling equipment on the Black Market? You can't mean the Sanctions that stop Western money men from earning huge profits on Russian stocks and bonds...letting the Chinese earn that money?
I'm not sure which Sanctions the EU has imposed you expected to stop Russia...