> The US has provided more funding to Ukraine than the world combined by a large margin, and the lesson you take away is that the US is somehow at fault.
There is nothing in the parent post to even hint that they are saying that the US is to blame for what happened.
The US cannot be trusted to fulfill it's approved upon role in NATO if and when the push comes to shove (that damage to the US reputation is done).
I want to make it clear that the US does not sholder this responsibility alone. Every signatory to the convention is required to come to it's allies need if needed.
Europe has to get it's act together when it comes to securing its own borders, with tech and armaments produced inside said borders but in a cooperation with the US. As partners.
>>> The US cannot be trusted to fulfill it's approved upon role in NATO if and when the push comes to shove (that damage to the US reputation is done).
What role as the US failed to fulfill in Ukraine?
Ukraine isn't a NATO member, the US had no obligation to come to their support, yet we did anyways.
Meanwhile Germany divested their entire domestic energy security and became subservient to Russia for energy - enabling this entire conflict b/c Russia felt Europe became addicted and depended to Russian fuels and wouldn't oppose their dealers.
The very politicians blocking Ukraine support are openly talking about how NATO should be abandoned. I don't know how else you can interpret that other than making Europe doubt the US would come to her aid.
That just doesn't matter as long as they caucus in unity and vote in unity. Republicans are beholden to Trump's rhetoric so they can get the MAGA vote and keep their damn jobs. That's why they keep falling in line no matter how many times they say "no no we really shouldn't do what Trump says". They were perfectly willing to kill a bill they all agreed was good for the US because Trump said so, because not fixing the problem they've been bitching about fixing for decades will help Trump campaign on fixing the problem.
Surely they as individuals would be better off saying "look, we cowed the Biden admin into fixing the problems, look how good we are at our jobs re-elect us" but that doesn't work, because they are beholden to the MAGAs. So instead they keep giving awkward comments and going back on their own stated opinions because the only uniting strategy (which was the official Republican party policy BEFORE Trump's own progeny ran the Republican party) is to bootlick Trump.
When they vote how he says, pretty much exclusively, they are not "ignoring or shrugging off" his comments.
There is nothing in the parent post to even hint that they are saying that the US is to blame for what happened.
The US cannot be trusted to fulfill it's approved upon role in NATO if and when the push comes to shove (that damage to the US reputation is done).
I want to make it clear that the US does not sholder this responsibility alone. Every signatory to the convention is required to come to it's allies need if needed.
Europe has to get it's act together when it comes to securing its own borders, with tech and armaments produced inside said borders but in a cooperation with the US. As partners.