whiterock said:
Sam Lowry said:
whiterock said:
Redbrickbear said:
[Yesterday Politico dropped a story about how "former GOP officials are sounding the alarm over Trump's Orban embrace." Gosh, where would we be without Former GOP Officials, eh? The story attempts to demonize anyone who has anything to do with the Hungarian prime minister. Excerpt:
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The Conservative Partnership Institute, a nerve center for incubating policies for a second Trump administration, co-sponsored a discussion in October 2022 about how to bring "peace in Ukraine" featuring Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Szijjarto.
Audience members included conservative policy and national security officials and GOP strategists, according to a person familiar with the meeting. Once seated, they were given pamphlets pushing unabashedly pro-Russia talking points.
"Russia has the will, strength, and patience to continue war," warned the document, which was given to POLITICO by a participant. "U.S aid to Ukraine must be severely constricted and Ukrainian President Zelensky should be encouraged by U.S. leadership to seek armistice and concede Ukraine as a neutral country."
"If the U.S. continues to enable war, it will result in the destruction of Ukraine and provoke further Russian aggression toward the West, with the potential for nuclear conflict," it said.
You see what Politico is doing here? We are not supposed to evaluate these claims; we are supposed to reject them out of hand as "pro-Russian talking points."
This is the same kind of manipulation the Blob used to manufacture consent of the American people to support the Iraq War. What, you think Arabs don't deserve democracy? You want Iraq to create a mushroom cloud over an American city? You want the terrorists to win?!
The Orban government might be wrong in its analysis of the Ukraine war, but characterizing it as nothing more than "pro-Russian talking points" does a profound disservice to democratic publics in the US and Europe, who are financing NATO's participation in this war. If Orban's government is wrong, then explain how they're wrong. Don't talk to people like we're morons.]
Neutral isn't really an option (thanks to Russia).
LMAO…if anyone was wondering why the US has no credibility any more, just take a look at the above.
so Russia invaded Ukraine to make it neutral.
LOL
Russia: Ukraine should stay neutral.
America: Ukraine should join NATO.
Russia: Ukraine should really stay neutral.
America: Ukraine should definitely join NATO.
Russia: Seriously, Ukraine needs to stay neutral.
America: Ukraine is 100% joining NATO and there's nothing you can do about it.
Russia: Okay, we're taking Ukraine.
America: B-B-BUT WHAT ABOUT NEUTRALITY???