(03-05-2025, 04:29 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(03-05-2025, 01:55 PM)MarleyJag Wrote: Depends on what you mean by support. The figure I saw before the election showed about 4% of GOP voters felt favorably about Putin and Russia. That figure in recent polling has jumped to more than 40%. If you combine that with the GOP voters who now feel that Ukraine is to blame for the conflict, even if they’re not necessarily particularly fond of Putin, than it’s reasonable to say a majority of those voters support Russia now. That’s quite a turnaround.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurke...h-ukraine/

Russia is not our friend but they also aren't the enemy that the U.S.S.R. was. In some ways Russia has more potential for friendship with us with China moving more prominently to the top of the pecking order, as they are a geographically closer enemy of Russia than us. I don't want to be in a war with Russia, nor do I want any of these other countries doing something that will drag us into war with Russia. I also don't want to support Russia, but I don't care to stop them either; as it is now it's simply not in our interests to be on either side. I'm fine with selling guns and ammo to the Ukrainians if they want to buy our old hardware from us, but I have not one damn bit of interest in giving them the money to do so. We just have too many folks who are stuck in their Cold War/Red Dawn 

Russia isn’t the enemy like the USSR was YET!

Putin wants a return of the USSR as he is old Soviet kgb. That’s what he is working toward and if you don’t want that to come to pass then we need to stop Russia’s aggression NOW. Not emboldened Putin and Russia to be one more aggressive until we are again back to a Cold War that could turn hot.

The REASON that Russia isn’t the threat the Soviet Union was IS BECAUSE OF US ACTION. And trump wants to stop a policy that has decreased the power of the Soviet Union and contained Putin aspirations of its return.

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