U.S. Pauses All Military Aid to Ukraine

Re:U.S. Pauses All Military Aid to Ukraine by kelipso on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @08:15AM (#43254110)

It's a reason but it's not a strong reason. Back then Ukraine was indistinguishable from Russia, basically a small breakaway country from the USSR. So the intent was more likely that the US wouldn't attack Ukraine. Besides which, the nukes in Ukraine were never under Ukraine's control or possession, so the agreement looks to be more for optics than anything.

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Re:U.S. Pauses All Military Aid to Ukraine by libertine on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @11:02AM (#43256433)

It's just the US word signed in an agreement. Meaning the US word is now of the same value of Russia.

Saying Ukraine is a "small breakaway country from the USSR", while being the largest country in Europe is one of the most detached takes I've seen on this subject lmao

You clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

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Re:U.S. Pauses All Military Aid to Ukraine by kelipso on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @12:06PM (#43257356)

Did you even know the difference between Ukraine and Russia four years ago? Much less 30 years ago. They were considered basically the same country.

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Re:U.S. Pauses All Military Aid to Ukraine by foldr on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @01:36PM (#43258395)

Four years ago was seven years after Putin annexed part of Ukraine. This was considered a news story at the time. So it's not as if Ukraine has only been in the news since 2022.

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Re:U.S. Pauses All Military Aid to Ukraine by dragonwriter on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @01:39PM (#43258422)

> Did you even know the difference between Ukraine and Russia four years ago?

Yes, ~7 years into the current war, I think a lot of people did.

> Much less 30 years ago.

Yes, I knew the difference, then -- when the breakup of the USSR was relatively recent and the issues in and between post-Soviet states were frequent news items. Again, I think a lot of people did.

Heck, I knew the difference when I was in grade school and both were part of the USSR. There's probably a fair number of people outside the US who have some understanding of the differences between Texas and California, too.

> They were considered basically the same country.

Were considered...by whom?

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Re:U.S. Pauses All Military Aid to Ukraine by Larrikin on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @02:33PM (#43258986)

Who is this average American that can't look at a map?

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Re:U.S. Pauses All Military Aid to Ukraine by kelipso on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @09:30AM (#43266879)

Because we don't care to anymore. We don't want to be world policeman anymore. Take care of your problems yourself.

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Re:U.S. Pauses All Military Aid to Ukraine by dmos62 on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @02:28PM (#43258939)

You called defending against an invasion with maximalist, genocidal goals nonsense.

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