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[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 15 points 7 months ago

221 days until the next U.S. presidential election

Can Ukraine hold on that long?

[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I hope my president does the right thing for once and vetos this thing.

[–] Sightline@lemmy.ml 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

I'm Turkish and Turkey is in NATO.. We have a veto.

[–] stewie3128@lemmy.ml 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I know NATO doesn't have unlimited resources, but given that this is an explicit proxy war with Russia, doesn't $100bn seem kind of paltry? That makes it appear that they're planning on continuing cash infusions from the US.

[–] stewie3128@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago

EDIT: I'm saying that the US can't be relied on to continue supporting the war effort because the GOP in particular has become increasingly opposed to funding it.

[–] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or ya know, fucking assassinate Putin already

[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

chances are he has dementia

[–] pelikan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

In other news: Zelenskiy signed a bill on Tuesday to lower the mobilisation age for combat duty from 27 to 25 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-zelenskiy-signs-bill-lowering-mobilisation-age-combat-duty-25-2024-04-02/

So what we have here is nothing else than wholesale purchase of cannon fodder.