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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 6074235" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Trump had already told Putin during his first term that invading Ukraine was unacceptable.&nbsp; Biden not only watched the Russian buildup on the Ukrainian border but said he was ok with &quot;a small incursion.&quot;&nbsp; Then turned around and started spending tens of billions to send Ukraine weapons.&nbsp; Most of that was spent on our defense contractors.&nbsp; That&#039;s the crux of the matter.&nbsp; We&#039;re getting into these forever wars where over time trillions are spent and our soldiers get killed.&nbsp; And why Trump was unpopular with the Pentagon brass.&nbsp; Those generals count on playing ball with the contractors so that they can land fat paychecks with them after they retire.&nbsp; But Trump was trying to get us out of wars and not start any new ones.&nbsp; The war in Ukraine is everything that&#039;s wrong with our system.&nbsp; Spending money we don&#039;t have while getting people killed that should&#039;ve never even seen the violence.&nbsp; I was all for Ukraine defending its sovereignty from the bigger, more powerful country.&nbsp; But what would&#039;ve been better is we took a stand, actually drawing a red line we enforced.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 6074235, member: 24302"] Trump had already told Putin during his first term that invading Ukraine was unacceptable. Biden not only watched the Russian buildup on the Ukrainian border but said he was ok with "a small incursion." Then turned around and started spending tens of billions to send Ukraine weapons. Most of that was spent on our defense contractors. That's the crux of the matter. We're getting into these forever wars where over time trillions are spent and our soldiers get killed. And why Trump was unpopular with the Pentagon brass. Those generals count on playing ball with the contractors so that they can land fat paychecks with them after they retire. But Trump was trying to get us out of wars and not start any new ones. The war in Ukraine is everything that's wrong with our system. Spending money we don't have while getting people killed that should've never even seen the violence. I was all for Ukraine defending its sovereignty from the bigger, more powerful country. But what would've been better is we took a stand, actually drawing a red line we enforced. [/QUOTE]

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