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On Wednesday President Joe Biden suggested that if Congress doesn't send Ukraine more money, now, it may 'embolden' Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade a NATO ally, which would precipitate "American troops fighting Russian troops."

The threat was not persuasive.

In response, Senate Republicans channeled Elon Musk (G...F...Y...), blocking Biden's $111B emergency supplemental package that would also include aid for Israel, humanitarian aid for Gaza, and a smattering of border funding.

The Senate voted 49-51, failing to reach the 60-vote threshold required to allow the proposal to come up for consideration. Notably, Bernie Sanders (I-VT) voted against the measure, while Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) flipped his vote to 'no' to preserve the option of revisiting the bill at a later date.

Of course, this shaky "logic" is the opposite of reality. It is the nearly two years of 'blank check' spending which has only served to ever-deepen American military involvement in the war, and this is what has gotten Washington into yet another foreign quagmire.

The soon to emerge narrative will also inevitably be that these hold-out Republicans "lost" the Ukraine war, as Biden's Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has already been saying. The MSM will also help the administration float this as a key 2024 election talking point... wait for it to be on an endless CNN/NPR loop headed into next November.

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I wouldn't be doing the Snoopy Dance just yet. This thing looks very fragile. Pay-offs have to be negotiated.

Fugg this federal abomination biomass thrall that gives two-[bleep] for the basic welfare of its own United States citizens and the principles upon which the country was founded.

Hahahaha Hahahaha

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Hahahaha Hahahaha

Will they stick to it or will they cave?

They're just throwing a little red meat to the masses.

The filth will get what they want. They always do.

This is the first thing the clown show has done in three yrs., that resembles anything constructive.See how long it lasts.🤣🤣🤣

The argument that Putin is going to invade a NATO western European country is the dumbest foreign policy argument of my life time.

Same old tactics the Marxist have used forever....but...but...!! And if these Rep relent and give in to the demented bastards wishes....every swinging dick and split trail should vote them out!!

I don’t know long term…$111billion contains enough kickback to buy every one of our filthy, lying, thieving senators and representatives

They are already bought.

This is just theatrics. Primaries just around the corner.

It worked for Vietnam.

The Republicans are just ensuring that they don’t make it look to easy. They will cave shortly and Biden will get his money.

And what was the outcome of our intervention into that civil war?

Biden says that without this funding, American troops will have to be sent to Ukraine to stop Putin.

Now you have the reason why the Republican Neocons blocked this funding.

It an excuse to put this Proxy War to bed and enter into a full scaled war with Russia, and as an added bonus, blame it on the Republicans.

My point exactly!

This corrupt c*cksucker is willing to murder American soldiers to continue his graft. Let that sink in.

Basically that’s what Biden wanted. American combat troops in Ukraine would be a declaration of war. China, Iran and maybe even the Saudis side with Russia. That would be ugly.

Well we got on the road to perfecting the ground attack helicopter.