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re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:31 am to cypher
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:31 am to cypher
Ukraine Can’t Win If It Can’t Shoot Back
The Biden administration should let Ukraine target Russia’s war industry.
What the Biden administration seems to misunderstand is that war is dangerous and ugly. There are two ways to force Putin to cease his invasion and withdraw his occupying forces. One is to force the Russians back across the border with bullets and bombs, as Ukraine has every right to do. The second, which is mutually supporting, is to destroy key elements of Putin’s war industry, both to starve Russian forces of materiel and fuel and to contribute to the Russian anti-war movement by causing the Russian people to feel the type of pain their military is inflicting on Ukraine.
The Bulwark
The Biden administration should let Ukraine target Russia’s war industry.
What the Biden administration seems to misunderstand is that war is dangerous and ugly. There are two ways to force Putin to cease his invasion and withdraw his occupying forces. One is to force the Russians back across the border with bullets and bombs, as Ukraine has every right to do. The second, which is mutually supporting, is to destroy key elements of Putin’s war industry, both to starve Russian forces of materiel and fuel and to contribute to the Russian anti-war movement by causing the Russian people to feel the type of pain their military is inflicting on Ukraine.
The Bulwark
Posted on 4/18/24 at 7:57 am to GOP_Tiger
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The rule means that the bills will procedurally move at the same time, though members can vote differently on the different bills.
I'm not familiar with the small print on the rules of bill passage, however I read that unless Johnson wishes to try to pass these bills with a two-thirds instead of a simple majority, he must first submit them to the House Rules Committee.
This Committee has nine Republicans and four Democrats. With GOP Representatives such as Burgess, Norman, Massie, Roy and Houchin on this Committee, and with Norman, Massie and Roy already on record as being against Committee passage, will Johnson get these bills to the floor?
Posted on 4/18/24 at 8:01 am to ColtRange
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Duda came to meet with the boss, "isolationist" DJT.
Bet you still vote for him.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 8:20 am to REG861
Pretty much sums up the last 3.5 years of who you voted for.
Blood is on your hands
Blood is on your hands
Posted on 4/18/24 at 8:41 am to Walt OReilly
A) I voted for Lyndon Larouche, thank you very much.
B) Biden is LiTeRaLLy HitLeR now ? Lmao.
B) Biden is LiTeRaLLy HitLeR now ? Lmao.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 8:50 am to REG861
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Bet you still vote for him.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 11:17 am to cypher
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The Bulwark
That’s where SBD’s hero and fellow raiser of Queenz is. Total cuck org.
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 11:19 am
Posted on 4/18/24 at 11:37 am to SirWinston
McCaul Releases “21st Century Peace through Strength Act”
04.17.24
Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul introduced legislation that will serve as the fourth pillar of the House Republican national security supplemental package, the “21st Century Peace through Strength Act.”
“In order to truly confront the generational threat posed by the unholy alliance of Russia, China, and Iran, we need to make substantive policy changes in addition to providing critical security assistance to our partners and investing in our defense industrial base. I’m proud the ’21st Century Peace through Strength Act’ includes the most comprehensive sanctions against Iran Congress has passed in years; the bipartisan, bicameral REPO Act; and protects Americans from the malign influence of the CCP-controlled TikTok. The time to pass this is now – we cannot wait anymore.”
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04.17.24
Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul introduced legislation that will serve as the fourth pillar of the House Republican national security supplemental package, the “21st Century Peace through Strength Act.”
“In order to truly confront the generational threat posed by the unholy alliance of Russia, China, and Iran, we need to make substantive policy changes in addition to providing critical security assistance to our partners and investing in our defense industrial base. I’m proud the ’21st Century Peace through Strength Act’ includes the most comprehensive sanctions against Iran Congress has passed in years; the bipartisan, bicameral REPO Act; and protects Americans from the malign influence of the CCP-controlled TikTok. The time to pass this is now – we cannot wait anymore.”
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Posted on 4/18/24 at 12:19 pm to SirWinston
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our border remains wide open.
There's nothing about the border in these bills because Trump wants the border to stay a mess, because he thinks it makes Biden look bad (he's right) and helps him in November.
But the border has nothing to do with Ukraine in any case.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 1:07 pm to ColtRange
Russian advances picking up speed, this is 10 miles past Avdiivka. Also moving through the town of Krasnohorivka quicker than expected so far.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 1:55 pm to ColtRange
well, we know the Russians are good at IDing smoking accidents as they have many...
Posted on 4/18/24 at 3:49 pm to TigersnJeeps
Missile strikes coming tonight. Tu-95s airborne, at least 6 of them.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 4:18 pm to ColtRange
Anyone who spells it Kharkov is on Russia's side. The correct spelling is Kharkiv
Posted on 4/18/24 at 4:20 pm to ColtRange
Op-Ed piece by Marc Thiessen. Yes it's the Post but Mr. Thiessen is no Liberal.
There is a paywall but if you paste the URL into Google Chrome you can see the article.
WaPo
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As the House prepares to vote on a new military aid package for Ukraine, the map above details the congressional districts that have been getting Ukraine aid money, including examples of the weapons systems being produced. As this map shows, military aid not only protects Ukrainian civilians and advances U.S. national security — it is also good for workers and manufacturing communities right here at home. [See map in article]
Providing military assistance to Ukraine is the right thing to do. American-made weapons are protecting Ukrainian civilians from Russian bombardment, stopping Russian forces from seizing Ukrainian cities and slaughtering their residents, and decimating the Russian military threat to NATO. It is in both our moral and national security interests to help Ukraine defeat Russia’s unjust aggression.
But our military aid to Ukraine is also revitalizing our defense industrial base, creating hot production lines for the weapons we need to deter potential adversaries and creating manufacturing jobs in the United States. That’s because 90 percent of the $68 billion in military and related assistance Congress has thus far approved is not going to Ukraine but is being spent in the United States, according to an analysis by Mark Cancian of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
With a team of researchers at the American Enterprise Institute, I have catalogued the weapons systems being produced in the United States for Ukraine, identifying the congressional districts where they are being made and how House members voted on the funding. We analyzed contracts and news releases and spoke to defense industry experts, diplomats and Pentagon officials to determine where U.S. tax dollars end up. We found that our military aid is providing a major cash infusion to 122 defense production lines in 65 congressional districts across the country that directly benefits American workers — and that doesn’t count all the suppliers that provide these contractors with parts or all the shops, restaurants and other businesses that support the factories rolling out weapons in these districts.
While many members of Congress voted in favor of aid that is going to their districts, many whose congressional districts have been prime beneficiaries have been vocal opponents of Ukraine aid. Here is a regional breakdown of where Ukraine aid is going, along with the members who represent those districts.
A lot of Ukraine aid is going to congressional districts in the South whose members oppose it. For example, Ukraine aid is funding High Mobility Artillery Rocket (HIMARS), Hellfire and Javelin engineering in Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R) Niceville, Fla., district. It is funding HIMARS launchers and VAMPIRE Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems munitions in Rep. Bill Posey’s (R) Melbourne, Fla., district. It is funding HIMARS guidance sets and AN/TPQ-53 radar systems in Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s (R) Clearwater, Fla., District; HIMARS and Javelin final assembly in Rep. Barry Moore’s (R) Troy, Ala., district; and HIMARS rocket motor production in Rep. Alex Mooney’s (R) Rocket Center, W.Va., district. It is funding production of C-4 explosives for Ukraine in Rep. Diana Harshbarger’s (R) Kingsport, Tenn., district and Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended Range (JDAM-ER) glide bombs in Rep. Josh Brecheen’s (R) Grove, Okla., district.
There is a paywall but if you paste the URL into Google Chrome you can see the article.
WaPo
Posted on 4/18/24 at 4:36 pm to ColtRange
From Rezident
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Our source in the OP said that the General Staff began to prepare new defensive lines along the Dnieper, in case of a collapse of the front and the retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The situation is critical in a number of directions, which forces Syrsky to transfer more and more reserves from Western Ukraine to the front in order to hold his position.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 4:39 pm to CitizenK
Kharkov Kharkov Kharkov Kharkov
Posted on 4/18/24 at 5:29 pm to CitizenK
Posted on 4/18/24 at 5:54 pm to ColtRange
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This front line is about to fall apart
It would not be shocking if it happens in the near future. I have been thinking it is coming for the last month. If and when it happens, Russia will make significant gains in territory.
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 5:57 pm
Posted on 4/18/24 at 5:55 pm to ColtRange
They need to hurry to Kyiv before the weapons and amno start flowing to Ukraine again.
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