Kevin McCarthy refused to escort Zelensky to the Capitol rotunda
Boebert and Gaetz refused to go through security screening
They also refused to stand or clap during his speech & were on their phones the whole time
Do you need any more proof the GOP is the Government of Putin?
Since the usual suspects are using Zelensky's visit to whine about how expensive aid to Ukraine is, so it's a good opportunity for this CEPA report that notes that for just 5% of the US military budget, we've disabled 50% of Russia's military power.
From a humanitarian, human perspective the war in Ukraine is a disaster which must end as soon as possible. From that same perspective and given Russia's record of atrocities,
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/04/06...es-war-crimes/ it must end with Russian withdrawal.
But from a pure realpolitik perspective, Putin's war was a massive blunder that has strengthened the US global position, degrading Russian capabilities (which frees up resources for other threats) and strengthening our alliances (for those other threats).
Giving up on Ukraine because of the relatively minimal (for these sorts of things) cost would be a tremendous strategic own-goal. Given Russia's apparent intentions for the people of Ukraine, it would be a humanitarian disaster.
We have rarely bought so much, so cheaply.
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