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This comment is the 'she dressed provocatively so she deserved it' of war justifications. You should be ashamed.
by primax 5y ago
This comment is the 'she dressed provocatively so she deserved it' of war justifications.
You should be ashamed.
- ShivShankaran 5y agoThroughout its two terms, the Obama administration resisted providing overt lethal assistance to Ukraine, concerned that such a move by the U.S. would provoke Russian President Vladimir Putin. Even after Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, President Barack Obama maintained that stance, though his administration did provide a range of other nonlethal military and intelligence assistance to Ukraine, including training. That posture shifted under President Donald Trump, and Washington began a relatively modest flow of weapons shipments. Trump’s attempt to cajole Ukraine into involving itself in his electoral battle with Joe Biden notwithstanding, U.S. military support for Kyiv has ticked steadily upward. Even before Russia’s invasion, the Biden administration had begun a process of increasing lethal aid. https://theintercept.com/2022/03/10/ukraine-russia-nato-weapons/ https://theintercept.com/2022/03/10/ukraine-russia-nato-weap...
- orwin 5y agoIt started in November 21, a month after a Russian mechanized division moved from Siberia to a new army field east of Ukraine. Any arms deal started after October 2021 was triggered by the Russians.