(03-08-2022, 04:50 PM)MarleyJag Wrote:

(03-08-2022, 01:19 PM)TrivialPursuit Wrote: I have a family to take care of.

Ukrainians are very low on my list of priorities.

And get ready for the vast majority of Americans to become anti-Ukraine.

That's a pretty inhuman take. Americans are defined in part by our capacity to feel compassion for other people so I'd guess you're very wrong about the vast majority of Americans.

Until we feel it personally, then we go to war.

The only reason the United States entered WW1 was because our trade ships were being blown up by U-boats.... well that and that they were trying to get Mexico all riled up. ha

Americans don't start to care until they are hurt as individuals.

EDIT: And more than that.. Ukrainians are a world away. They saw their "leaders" spending the multitude of riches their land affords them on dachas and villas for themselves. They didn't get a decent military. They didn't try to help the people. They lined their own pockets... and now I'm supposed to put my family at an inconvenience for those people? So sorry that I have a one income house. So sorry that I have two kids to take care of. I'm so [BLEEP] sorry that I don't ask for a [BLEEP] handout. I'm sorry those Ukrainians didn't fight their corrupt government. I'm sorry that I have a family that means more to me than people a world away that honestly don't care whether they're Russian or Ukrainian as long as they are fed.

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