re: Mike Johnson: Ukraine report card

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Sorry Ukraine haters and dictator lovers but the new Speaker of the House is not the Putin dick sucker that you all hoped.

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SMH
"Ukraine haters and dictator lovers" is simply not productive dialogue.

Admitting the US made a pile of egregious errors setting Ukraine up as a military proxy in our Antirusso MIC zeal, does not equate to "Putin dick sucker."

Understanding the dangers of US stupidly in forcing closer Sino-Russian alliances, does not equate to "Putin dick sucker."

Our chief national threats in the long-term are domestic economics and China internationally, with intermittent flairs of radical islam. Understanding Russia should not fall into that same threat category to Americans does not equate to "Putin dick sucker."

Understanding the wide-ranging ramifications of de-dollarization, SWIFT banking exclusions, and unilateral property seizures, and that they extend far beyond this isolated moment does not equate to "Putin dick sucker."

Understanding the monumental failures of US foreign policy in the late-1990's, in the 2008 Bucharest Summit Declaration, in the Euromaidan adventure, and in Potatobrain's Ukraine machinations does not equate to "Putin dick sucker."

On the other hand, failure to recognise those things, while instead blaming others, constitutes a failure to learn from history. If we aim to avoid being in the same position again, we must understand how we got here.

Your "Putin dick sucker" premise will not get it done.