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Robert Jaffee's avatar

Great News Shankar, but are you definitely sure the shipments will resume? Here’s Trump on Air-force One today sounding off:

“US President Donald Trump said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin “wants to go all the way and just keep killing people,” and hinted that the United States “might” send Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine to bolster Kyiv’s defenses, according to his comment made onboard Air Force One on July 5.”—United24 Media

Operative word is “might!” We’ve seen this movie before; he hurts or undermines Ukraine, then he states, “Russia is killing people and may not want to stop.”

However, when it comes to actually doing anything constructive; he pauses, draws a new line in the sand without Russia paying even an iota of a price for breaking Trump’s last redline, and then moves on as though its business as usual, with no resistance or follow-up from the MSM.

Furthermore, I’ve read nothing that suggests these Patriot Batteries are forthcoming any time soon. Perhaps they will be sent to save face, but the underlining issue still remains; Is Trump finally committed to ending this war he said would be over on DAY ONE, or is this just another “ruse” to buy more time for Putin to figure out how to move forward successfully?

Bottom line: time will tell, but until I see concrete steps by Trump’s administration to put their foot down against Russia’s illegal aggression; I’ll continue to hold my breath!

Additionally, as I’ve stated yesterday, if it truly is Trump’s goal to turn this country into a fascist authoritarian state, then it must be understood that fascist states don’t play nice with democracies; their stated goal is to undermine their system and replace them with puppets; which means all of Europe.

And from my perspective, the jury is still out as to how well Putin has found success with his new US proxy. After all, until this year I never thought the US and Israel would side with Russia, China, Hungary and N. Korea; when denying Ukraine’s territorial sovereignty at the UN!

Nor did I expect we’d see masked federal officials and contractors pulling people off the streets of American cities and deported to internment camps in third countries, or US troops deployed domestically for no apparent reason or purpose.

Whether we acknowledge it or not, our country is changing before our eyes, and anyone in denial is suffering from “normalcy bias,” because nothing we are experiencing today, is normal!

That said, I do hope Shankar is right, and this could be a turning point for US interest and commitments in regard to Ukraine. IMHO…:)

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Leigh Horne's avatar

As you noted, 'Colby made a rookie mistake.' This is chilling, standing as it does as a symptom of the current chaos at the heart of the Trump so-called administration. Are they administrating rookie chaos? It sure seems that way, and not only when it comes to decisions affecting Ukraine. As anyone knows, its oh so much harder to construct something than to wreck it. I also noted that President Zelenskyy has learned the delicate art of supporting Trump's bubble-like ego while urging him to do the right thing. I suggest that, when Ukraine finally emerges victorious from this war, he be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for that and so many other acts of heroism.

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