It makes we wonder if the bomb/control mechanism is defective, or if the pilots are just too scared to get close enough to the front to let the bomb glide into Ukraine. Ukraine has nailed a few aircraft with Patriot missiles and probably other missiles as well.
It's a little early to start negotiating with Ukraine for their resources, don't you think? Maybe their survival is more important to them right now? Are you always this petty? Do you negotiate with your wife for the frequency of your favorite meals while she's in childbirth? "Can you stop screaming long enough to talk about what I need right now? I'm really hungry for tacos tonight, and you're lying down on the job and carrying on like its the end of the world!"
More on the same topic I found: Putin red-faced as Russia drops 40 'mega bombs' on its own cities (msn.com)
I thought the point was that international laws need to be followed? Isn't the purpose of international law to decide what constitutes a "good reason"? Who gets to decide what's a good reason then if not international laws? Bush? Putin? Are you so naive as to believe there are universal good reasons? How many wars have started in human history where both sides believed they were in the right?
We are all hoping that Russia surrenders as soon as possible. They are just delaying the inevitable. Russia is excellent at losing wars (when they do not have the assistance of a major superpower), but often a little slow to realize that they are actually losing.
sure. The climate left would lose their collective minds if Joe announced he made a deal to purchase Ukrainian energy at 50% market rate for next 10 years because of our support for Ukraine. It would be smart thing to do as we wouldn’t need to import any, we could turn around and sell those contracts and keep the profit. To the climate left looms this would be blasphemy to purchase any fossil fuel Energy even at 50% discount… so it would Never happen. I’ve said from beginning I’m behind us sending whatever weapons we want, just no Americans lose their lives for Ukraine.
You negotiate when you hand over the money not after. seems a bit of a projection to me. Everyone knows it’s taco Tuesday.
Pootie is holding onto the hope that if Trump wins in November that US aid for Ukraine will evaporate starting in January 2025. Trump has said as much. Ukraine will have to rely on aid from other sources in that event, plus the horrible messaging about the US abandoning an ally. High fives in Moscow and gop caucuses everywhere.
I’m not an expert, but what sort of Ukrainian energy? From some quick googles Ukraine is not an energy net exporter, so I don’t know where you think it’s supposed to come from. Half of their energy production is nuclear. How do they export that? Even if it were a net exporter selling energy at 50% market rate would be losing money. As to climate left, sure, there are some who prioritize reduction of fossil fuels over all else but the fact of the matter is we produce and consume more gas year after year, and most Democrats aren’t bitching about it Not to be a dick but your post is completely nonsensical.
Would the energy be shipped over in batteries, or would we have to run a high voltage line across the Atlantic Ocean? Or would they be sending psychic energy? Either way, you would like to give them the choice of being overrun and enslaved or being robbed? Isn't it enough for you that they are fighting our war for us? Defeating our main enemy of the last 75+ years? Upholding democracy with their lives? You want to pick their pockets as they lay dying? Should you be presiding over their funerals, removing any gold fillings that they may no longer need, to satisfy your greed? "I think I got them all. Now you can start the funeral!"
If you were correct, which thankfully you are not, America would be guilty of what our adversaries always accuse of doing...intervening in another country's affairs to "steal" their energy. A 50% off energy deal is not why we are assisting Ukraine.
The U.S. running out of missiles in the Red Sea, after which it will move to finish off Russia in preparation for dusting off China and Iran … The deployments, and constant interceptions, have eaten into the U.S. Navy’s own magazines. Congressional aides said the United States isn’t producing nearly enough of the standard air defense missiles used by U.S. escort ships in the Red Sea to shoot down Houthi drones and missiles. “As long as the burn rate remains as precipitously high as it’s been over there, we’re in a bit more of a precarious position,” one aide said, speaking on condition of anonymity to talk candidly about U.S. munitions shortfalls. Why Can’t the U.S. Navy and Its Allies Stop the Houthis?, Foreign Policy The Houthis' Hypersonic Missile is a Game-Changer in Red Sea
Take whatever stance you wish, but it would absolutely be good policy to get something in return for unlimited supply of weapons and cash. We left generations of REE in Afghanistan after 20 years.
and another, when glide systems don't glide, things don't go as planned. sabotaging the electronics or some other component associated with the manufacturing of these bombs would seem like a good cybertarget. good old drunken russian corruption and incompetence may be just as good. all that damage and no deaths. surprising Russian bomb mishap: Massive FAB-3000 devastates Belgorod village (msn.com) On July 2, 2024, in the Russian village of Yugo-Zapadnaya, south of Belgorod (approximately 50 miles from Kharkiv), a powerful FAB-3000 bomb was lost by the Russian air force. The bomb left behind a 26-foot crater and damaged 39 buildings and 19 cars. At least six residents were injured.
sure it’s not the primary reason but cash and weapons aren’t free. And we are sending massive amounts of both. It would absolutely be wise policy to negotiate a return. If we decided later it would be in our best interests, we could forgive all or a portion of the debt, or even sell it to someone else and retain the profit. If it’s my country and someone came to my aid I would be happy for the opportunity to repay that debt.
