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"We've used 5% of our defense budget to arm Ukraine. And with it, they've destroyed 50% of Putin's army." - Ad targeted to Republicans to support Ukraine (streamable.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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[-] randon31415@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thats assuming the republicans and tankies WANT Putin's army destroyed. To them, this sounds like what a normal person would hear if we said: "We've used 5% of our defense budget to arm the IRA and 50% of Britain's army has been destroyed."

[-] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago

Now hold on, is funding the IRA on the table?

[-] randon31415@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Yes, but only $6,500 per person, and it is only tax deductible if you don't give it to a guy named Roth.

[-] Vent@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Roth is a true homie, you take that back! His tax deductibleness is way better in the long run in most circumstances.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

The IRA deal sounds nice, can we add that to the budget?

[-] shasta@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

It's only Republican politicians who are in love with Russia. Everyone else still hates them due to Cold War propaganda.

[-] dragontamer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Plenty of leftist-Tankies here on Lemmy's federation where I've had to explain that yes, Russia is a problem and what they're doing to Ukraine should be stopped.

The left is doing a good job preventing the Tankies from taking over their party however. Republicans are letting the far-right dictate politics and are likely going to (try to) cut Ukraine out of the budget this week. So the far-right is a bigger problem, if only because Republicans are failing to rise up and counter the threat from their own party.