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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: onepoorguy 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Ukrain Aid
Date: 01/22/24 10:23 PM
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I hope you are correct.

Back to Ukraine aid, that seems like a no-brainer to me. Failing to do so sends a dangerous message to despots, especially Putin who has his eye on several former Soviet "republics" (he still seems determined to recreate the USSR). Not to mention Xi and Taiwan, plus the South China Sea.

As a bonus, it mires an adversary in a swamp of their own making, which means they have to make choices about how to allocate resources. They are losing a lot of hardware, and their readiness has plummeted. They are barely holding their own against a much smaller adversary that has already been battered.

Back when I was still a Republican, there would have been overwhelming support for this aid. If anything, the Dems may have been reticent. Not the Republicans.

Continued support might even rid us of Putin. Young Russians coming home in body bags doesn't win a lot of support from Russian families. Estimates vary a lot, but the low end is 70k dead Russians, with another 200k wounded. It's horrific, and the Russian people won't stand for that indefinitely. Many have already left Russia to avoid conscription.
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