this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2025
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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 15 points 5 days ago

thanks for the weapons USA!

Wh... What do you mean they were loans instead of gifts?

[–] belastend@slrpnk.net 9 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Almost as if a preventable policy shift happened.

[–] AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com 9 points 4 days ago

That would be a compelling argument (unpredictable policy shift) if it hadn't been predicted by socialists all over the world when the war started

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[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

GODDAMMIT, MARY!!

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

Current likelihood is that there's only a mineral deal if US pays Zelensky/Ukraine to fight more. Security guarantees don't actually cost anything until you have to do something, and its pretty likely that any weapons would be used to provoke aggression during ceasefire instead of protecting Ukraine's neutrality.

It's Europe that wants war more than US, and so it's far more likely they get the mineral deal to keep going to the last Ukrainian.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago (59 children)

Isn't that exactly why Russia invaded to begin with, to steal minerals?

[–] Saint_La_Croix_Crosse@midwest.social 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No, it was because they didn't want a bordering nation to join a hostile military alliance.

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