Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

J.D. Vance: The Math on Ukraine Doesn’t Add Up
NYTs ^ | 4/12/24 | J D Vance

Posted on 04/12/2024 12:13:19 PM PDT by hardspunned

President Biden wants the world to believe that the biggest obstacle facing Ukraine is Republicans and our lack of commitment to the global community. This is wrong.

Ukraine’s challenge is not the G.O.P.; it’s math. Ukraine needs more soldiers than it can field, even with draconian conscription policies. And it needs more matériel than the United States can provide. This reality must inform any future Ukraine policy, from further congressional aid to the diplomatic course set by the president.

The Biden administration has applied increasing pressure on Republicans to pass a supplemental aid package of more than $60 billion to Ukraine. I voted against this package in the Senate and remain opposed to virtually any proposal for the United States to continue funding this war. Mr. Biden has failed to articulate even basic facts about what Ukraine needs and how this aid will change the reality on the ground.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Ukraine
KEYWORDS: angryneoconsbelow; killkillkillforpeace; mic; ukraine
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-53 last
To: wildcard_redneck

Zelensky is Hitler, in his bunker with his world falling down around him
Hitler put children and old men in uniform to fight our soldiers at the end. Sound familiar?


41 posted on 04/12/2024 3:42:44 PM PDT by TStro (God made all men equal Sam Colt made them polite.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies]

To: Chad C. Mulligan
"What does Vance get out of parroting the pro-Putin line, word for word?"

A way out of a disaster of epic proportions?

42 posted on 04/12/2024 3:43:35 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Williams

American Patriotism and our Faith in God kept this country safe for 65 years.
Boys fought and died for God and country not the “neocons” who sent them there.
Go ahead and wallow in the political pest hole this nation has become.Enjoy it.
.Gov is your master
Enjoy that social security check your betters sent you.


43 posted on 04/12/2024 3:50:44 PM PDT by Right Brigade (It was better before they voted for whats his name,this must be the New World)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]

To: TStro

Zelensky is a nasty piece of work. The only difference between him and Hitler is that Zelensky is buying yachts and mansions around the world to run to when the crap hits the fan.


44 posted on 04/12/2024 4:00:29 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies]

To: TStro

Germany surrendered in the west.they sent those old men and boys east to fight the Russian/Mongol horde which rightfully terrified them.


45 posted on 04/12/2024 4:02:06 PM PDT by Right Brigade (It was better before they voted for whats his name,this must be the New World)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies]

To: PIF

I understand!


46 posted on 04/12/2024 4:14:20 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies]

To: wildcard_redneck; PIF

“Is PIFFY upset that Speedy doesn’t post much anymore?”

They sure are jonesin’ for their daily war porn.
Hatian gunfights aren’t as sexy as Slav on Slav massacres.


47 posted on 04/12/2024 4:14:55 PM PDT by Right Brigade (It was better before they voted for whats his name,this must be the New World)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: wildcard_redneck
“From Russia with Love” Today’s news …What is $60 billion more USD going to do to defend against this?

Russia Hits Underground Gas Reserves in Ukraine; "Mushroom Cloud" from Fierce Explosion

April 12, 2024

At dawn, Russia achieved the largest strategic strike in Ukraine in history, when it destroyed Ukraine's largest underground gas storage in Bilche-Volitsko-Uher in the city of Stryjak near Ľvov.

Russia utilized Kh-47 Kinzhal supersonic missiles and Kh-101 cruise missiles, to strike and detonate 17 billion cubic meters of stored natural gas!

The attack came from three different sides.

The destruction of the natural gas, combined with Russia's unwillingness to supply new gas, means that Ukraine is "done" from an energy perspective. A total of eight MiG-31 fighters carrying Kinzhal and Kh-101 aircraft hit the gas reserve, causing a nuclear-like mushroom cloud visible from Poland, 100 km from the Ukrainian border.

The reserve tank was located at a depth of 50 meters (~150 feet) from the surface of the earth, which did not prevent Kinžal from going through the stony ground "like a knife through butter" and exploding into the tank! In Poland, radiation measurements began after what initially appeared to be a nuclear attack there, but this has not been confirmed.

48 posted on 04/12/2024 4:14:58 PM PDT by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 40 | View Replies]

To: Lumper20

Agreed. And for our military add DEI or better yet DIE.


49 posted on 04/12/2024 4:15:20 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: Right Brigade

Did you look in my mailbox because I don’t get any social security check, gramps.

More projection.


50 posted on 04/12/2024 4:24:09 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: wildcard_redneck

blah blah blah anither big mouth telling me exactly what the Russian army will do, in advance.

Do I need to bother to look that you made this same prediction for the past two years?

I don’t predict the war, then again I’m not a defeatist pansy like you.


51 posted on 04/12/2024 4:26:11 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 40 | View Replies]

To: Williams

Blah blah blah. All the money in the world won’t build up our depleted industrial base of the Chinese stole from us thanks to our garbage establishment on both coasts.


52 posted on 04/12/2024 4:55:57 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: wildcard_redneck

Yeah all is lost let’s just wallow in your negativity.


53 posted on 04/12/2024 6:57:48 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 52 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-53 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson