What Some Republicans Get Wrong on Ukraine
The list of things that fringe Republicans believe on Ukraine that are totally wrong. Some are so convinced of their opinion that they often refuse to listen to any facts at all./1
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That NATO provoked the Russian invasion: the Kremlin line which makes ZERO sense. Putin gambled that NATO would not respond and counted on Germany and France to keep NATO out of the war. Just as they had blocked Ukraine getting into NATO. FACTS:/2
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The Kremlin line often unfortunately taken up by people without any effort to check the fact: that the US staged a coup in Ukraine in 2014, There was no coup, only a vote by Parliament to remove the President and hold a new election./3
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"Money laundering"? Actually alleged misusing of the term, but more importantly without any foundation in fact. All aid is audited and verified by 3rd parties./4
"There has likely never been more accountability or transparency measures in place for US foreign assistance than what is available for Ukraine aid."/5
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Multiple agencies do oversight. The GAO independently has reviewed matters. Congressional oversight committees have held hearings:/6
That Zelensky is a dictator and morally reprehensible. All based on Russian disinformation including fake photos, bogus Russian posts and misrepresenttions, which they do not check or recognize that they are being lied to by a real dictator./7
That Ukraine funding is crippling our economy and defense preparedness. 5% of DOD budget. $120 billion authorized by Congress over seven years, but these folks think it is trillions or a "blank check." Mostly spent in the US to replace & upgrade donated unused equipment./8
Uninformed people have been deliberately misled by trolls, politicians and scammers that the US is paying a disproportionate amount and Europe is neglecting its fair share. Lies./9
If the US stopped aid, the credibility of our deterring future aggression would be pretty much zero, after Afghanistan, US "cut and run" move would jeopardize NATO and risk Putin winning./10
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Skeptics think Ukraine aid has something to do with the Hunter Biden scandal earlier from 2015-2017. Zelensky was elected in 2019 w/ 73% of the vote, beating Poroshenko who had worked with Burisma. 50 nations provide aid: they are not blackmailed!/11
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The "endless war" mantra is also wrongly applied to this war. Ukraine has performed extremely well & is destroying the Russia army in the first phase of a breakthrough that will be the beginning of the end of their occupation./12
Every criticism of Ukraine aid is a deliberate effort by the Kremlin to get the US to stop aid, which is a key factor in Russian badly losing the war. Other topics: Neo-Nazis, biolabs, etc. are dealt with in this threads:/13
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