Tornado Alley (PROG)

[blackhawks]

Yeah, 'why stroke a dictator'?

I don't buy your narrative because the preponderance of Trump's behavior toward Putin was craven.

Also his attempt to quid pro quo weapons for Ukraine in exchange for dirt on Biden was worthy of conviction at the end of impeachment.

Lastly, there's nothing in Putin's tragic miscalculation of his military's competence, and underestimation of Ukrainian resistance, that suggests he would be deterred by the timing of military assistance to Ukraine.

Do you think Trump would have been more generous, more timely, considering his palsy relationship with his genius buddy?


https://www.npr.org/2022/01/22/1075064514/ukraine-lethal-aid-us-russia

Continued tensions between Ukraine and Russia have led to the U.S. providing 90 tons of military aid that arrived in Ukraine, as roughly 100,000 Russian troops remain stationed along the border.

The shipment is part of the additional $200 million of "lethal aid" approved by President Biden in late December and includes ammunition for Ukraine's front-line defenders, the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv tweeted. Overall, the U.S. has provided $650 million in defense equipment and services to Ukraine in the past year — the most it has ever given that country, according to the State Department.