White House downplays CNN poll showing majority of Americans oppose more US aid for Ukraine | CNN Politics
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The White House on Wednesday downplayed CNN polling showing most Americans oppose Congress providing additional funding to support Ukraine in its war with Russia ahead of a reported administration request for more aid.

Mitch McConell says the quiet part out loud.

Exact full quote from CNN:

“People think, increasingly it appears, that we shouldn’t be doing this. Well, let me start by saying we haven’t lost a single American in this war,” McConnell said. “Most of the money that we spend related to Ukraine is actually spent in the US, replenishing weapons, more modern weapons. So it’s actually employing people here and improving our own military for what may lie ahead.”

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4085063

            • FluffyPotato@lemm.ee
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              1 year ago

              You sure do like your goalposts…

              I’m pretty sure the US at least is providing weapons in the form of a loan so they are buying their weapons too.

              Also begging for weapons seems a bit more dignified than having your army steal washing machines and build the electronics of your equipment out of those.

              • Commiejones [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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                1 year ago

                your army steal washing machines and build the electronics of your equipment out of those.

                Wait you still believe that was a real thing? It was projection. Missile and drones don’t need super powerful chips and China makes anything they do need.

                You must not be following the war very closely. Russia is firing dozens of missiles and hundreds of suicide drones every week and the volume keeps rising.

              • Krause [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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                1 year ago

                Also begging for weapons seems a bit more dignified than having your army steal washing machines and build the electronics of your equipment out of those.

                How do Liberals square off the fact that Russia is outproducing America and EU for war equipment with this insane washing machine myth? How many washing machines are in Russia and Ukraine anyway? Must be a lot if they’re kicking NATO’s ass while still relying on them for parts data-laughing

                • FluffyPotato@lemm.ee
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                  1 year ago

                  Well if by producing you mean raiding their own museums for equipment then yea. Also probably not many left at this point, ukraine should deploy tactical washing boards to rob Russia of their last source of electronics.

                  • Krause [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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                    1 year ago

                    Well if by producing you mean raiding their own museums for equipment then yea.

                    No, I meant Russia literally outproducing the United States and the EU 10 to 1 while also having vastly superior inventories when compared to the dwindling supply America is running through. Libs like to pound their chest and boast that Russia’s nominal GDP is lower than places like Germany but they forget that industrial capital is what wins you wars, no matter how many rumors about the Russian army having to gut washing machines for parts you post online it won’t change the fact that they are winning a war of attrition against Ukraine and the other 50 or so countries sending them aid.