RE: Proxy war in Ukraine?
November 7, 2022 at 9:25 pm
(This post was last modified: November 7, 2022 at 9:26 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 7, 2022 at 9:21 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(November 7, 2022 at 8:56 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Good idea, but there looks to be plenty of other places to cut that big old defense budget if we wanted a little couch change for climate change.
No?
What's the point in pretending..even for a minute... that ukraine has to eat shit and die if we want to try to address climate change? Or that this is what we would do with that money, even, if ukraine would just lay down, eat shit and die? Here's an even wider angle...in what universe do you see the victory of a invading petrostate being the one where we tackle climate change?
The United States refusing to spend the $12 billion on the SSC is proof positive that our priorities are messed-up.
No argument from me there, but so too..it would seem to me, would abandoning ukraine be proof our priorities were messed up. Whether we take a high view focused on human life or the most cynical road based on cost, benefit, and power.
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