Posted on 02/09/2015 3:54:55 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
LOL, thanks for your valuable input.
Oh, that's right-he's the "loud-mouthed" senator from Texas who is only good at giving speeches and has "no executive experience". (/S)
Oh, well, then you oppose our part in completely disarming Ukraine of the 3rd largest nuclear inventory in the world, in return for a promise of protection.
That was done for darn good reasons (except maybe that we should have left Ukraine with a few easily monitored nukes?)
But, that aside, if we had not been involved, either none of this present aggression by Russia would be happening, or, a large part of that region, and maybe more, would presently be glowing. Plus a significant part of Ukraine’s former inventory could well be MIA prior to all that.
Like it or not, if one supports the idea of Ukraine NOT having a big pile of nukes, then one cannot run away when the Russians begin acting like Russians again. In the long run, the consequences of saying “it’s not our business” are likely worse than if we’d just left the nukes in Ukraine.
Frying pan, meet fire.
What IS this nonsense? There was no such deal. Reagan was working to topple the Soviet Union up until the last moment he (Reagan) left office.
No Mr. Cruz. Bad idea.
Let the Europeans send their weapons over. It’s their problem, after all. And it’s about time those damned socialist moonbats start pissing in their own pots instead of pissing in ours.
Doesn’t anyone remember that we are a founding member of NATO?
Do you think that Reagan had 550,000 men there just for grins?
Oh I remember NATO alright. That group that keeps sucking money from our pockets by begging us to protect them whiny socialist eurocraps indefinitely. They should rename themselves HOOVER.
I thought Ted was a TEA party guy who believed government should stop spending money on pork projects. Reduce spending by sending billions of freebies over there??? Doesn’t sound too fiscally sound to me.
Ted is a tea party guy, a patriot, and a conservative.
Go Ted, we need a Reagan like voice today.
He and Palin are on the same page on this.
Well then, we should ask them both who’s gonna pay for all this support. Last time I checked, Ukraine was flat broke.
And before anyone jumps to conclusions, I feel both Palin and Cruz are the best the Republicans have to offer.
For national security concerns at this level, of Russia’s Army fighting it’s way to our NATO borders, I think they figure we can afford to take some action, to avoid greater costs and losses in the future.
Imagine this thread if it was about arming the contras.
Well that sure looks good on paper... kinda like what happened the last time we bailed out Europe. Hell, Germany just finished paying for WWI. How thoughtful of them.
Our Vaseline knows no bounds.
Or the Afghanis. That sure worked out well. So incredibly well we didn’t have to intervene at all...
You must have hated Reagan as he kept spending your money on our European defenses against Russia.
Why don’t you write a letter to Putin telling him how much you support letting him continue with his strategic plans.
That worked fantastically, thank God we helped the Afghans defeat Russia.
I don’t ever want to go back to your Cold War where we wondered if we were going to survive the day or if the world was going to be wiped out.
Do you do anything besides whine?
Cruz should be very cautious. If McCain is for it, chances are it is a big mistake.
Cruz knows what he is doing, and so does Palin.
They are right about this.
Nope, they are not. Following McCain’s lead is a big no no.
They are their own people, and leaders of the right, they are not following anyone.
Now now, no need to get your panties in a twist.
Saying it’s dumb to stick our noses where they don’t belong doesn’t mean the same as supporting Putin or his commie bastard followers.
If the US wants to help, let Ukraine ask for assistance from NATO and we do this right and proper: Declare War. Oh, that’s right... it’s the Constitutionally proper way. Never mind.
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