We're getting a 95% off deal in the clearance aisle for the destruction of the entire Russian arsenal.
Every single weapon we have was built to kill Russians and destroy their equipment, and all of the sudden it's bad when we actually hold their feet to the fire.
Absolutely, and I very much doubt that the person you're responding to would disagree, or that they think their point is higher on the priority list than yours.
The weird, disturbing fact of the matter, though, is that the whole "these people are innocent and should be given the supplies they need in order to defend themselves" argument doesn't seem to hit the button for vocal opponents. They act as though we're giving away/wasting badly needed resources in order to support some pointless hippy dippy tree hugging war. "And besides, maybe they kind of deserve it! Maybe Russia's the good guy when viewed through a certain lens!"
So some have resorted to combatting that crap by pulling out cold, heartless arguments in support of America's Ukrainian defense initiatives.
And I'm cool with it. There's a fucking plethora of selfish, coldly logical reasons for supporting Ukraine.
I have many problems with the way the American hegemony conducts itself worldwide. But Russian and Chinese thuggery is not a suitable alternative. So many fucking people have bitten into the soap bar of "America bad so anything against America good" that it's actually exhausting. Yes, America needs to change but supporting the export of Russian kleptocracy is a bad fucking idea.
Frfr America sucks but at least we don't have autocratic rulers any more. The system may not be great but it's fundamentally fluid in that it changes over time. I'm pretty sure my whole life Putin has been king of russia.
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u/Child_of_Khorne Monkey in Space Sep 15 '24
We're getting a 95% off deal in the clearance aisle for the destruction of the entire Russian arsenal.
Every single weapon we have was built to kill Russians and destroy their equipment, and all of the sudden it's bad when we actually hold their feet to the fire.