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McConnell on Ukraine proxy war: "We haven’t lost a single American in this war. Most of the money that we spend, is spent on replenishing weapons, so it’s actually employing people here."[paraphrased] (edition.cnn.com)
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Mitch McConell says the quiet part out loud.

Exact full quote from CNN:

“People think, increasingly it appears, that we shouldn’t be doing this. Well, let me start by saying we haven’t lost a single American in this war,” McConnell said. “Most of the money that we spend related to Ukraine is actually spent in the US, replenishing weapons, more modern weapons. So it’s actually employing people here and improving our own military for what may lie ahead.”

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4085063

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[–] 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

As a third party can see, the risk to the Americans really was zero. Everything to gain, nothing to possibly lose. What, are the Germans gonna rebel somehow? They'll fall over themselves to pretend the chains aren't even there.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child)

    I mean revoking SAP licenses alone would crash the US economy so we don't even have to wait until actual hardware that they depend on breaks.

    Thing is Germany produces approximately everything there is under the sun and in a gazillion of areas we're the only producers. Think a hospital's logistics collapsing because they can't get replacement parts for their pneumatic tube system, any more. The stuff you never think of, that's what's suddenly going to be missing, everywhere. Or when did you last think about how to get blood samples from bed to lab, drugs from pharmacy to bed, in a large hospital? Certainly not by email.

    But realistically speaking the US would probably willingly pay damages and reparations. Materially or in some diplomatic quid pro quo manner and all of that is going to happen behind closed doors and we'll know once records get unsealed.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    But realistically speaking the US would probably willingly pay damages and reparations.

    michael-laugh you really do live in an alternative reality. This is the most insane thing you've written in this entire conversation. And even so:

    Materially or in some diplomatic quid pro quo manner and all of that is going to happen behind closed doors and we'll know once records get unsealed.

    It's just a cover for how reality slowly sets in. You went from believing that the US would never attack Germany to saying that, actually, the US would totally pay reparations for bombing Nordstream. They'd just do it behind closed doors in order to save face.

    You'll get nothing, and you'll be happy to pay all the damages yourself, my friend. And once the records are unsealed you'll be in your 60s, swearing up and down that such skullduggery from the Americans are in the past.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    swearing up and down that such skullduggery from the Americans are in the past.

    Why would I have a positive opinion of yanks in the future? They're doing shit they get caught they deflect and whinge they get told privately some possible consequence and how to avoid it then they cave because said offer has been so well-crafted they can't refuse. It's called diplomacy. You know, the continuation of war by different means.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Why would I have a positive opinion of yanks in the future?

    Why ask about the future, when it's a mystery in the present as well. You're the one who thinks they'll pay reparations for something they think you deserved.

    You weren't supposed to buy cheap resources from Russia. You never had the permission to.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    What, for making Russia pay for a pipeline that was never going to carry gas in the first place?

    Or is this about not buying their gas, which we still don't do? What are they doing about that? Trying to impose tariffs on steel and hurting their own economy in the process because they can't produce high-grade steels?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    they would never attack germany. its too risky.

    ok there were no risks involved. even if they bombed the pipeline, they will surely pay reparations.

    ok they won't ever pay reparations. but its not like they have to. we were never going to use the pipeline anyways!

    i wonder what's next

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