The current CIA Director, William Burns [left], and a former CIA Director (and US Defense secretary), Robert Gates [right], both warned years ago, in the clearest terms, of the inevitable Russian response to any attempt to expand NATO to include Ukraine.
— Gray Connolly (@GrayConnolly) March 5, 2022
Are these two Putinists? pic.twitter.com/IHsid3Lf6z
Have you noticed the people making this idiotic point rarely ever seem to specify which “apologists” they’re even talking about, either because they’re too cowardly or because they know they’ve invented something fictitious to “condemn” pic.twitter.com/bwInfMz1Ah
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) March 5, 2022
Mike Pence gave a speech to the GOP donor class last night. He wasn’t speaking to the voters. They don’t have any say over the matter. We sell our foreign policy and bureaucrats run it anyway.
CNN:
“(CNN) – Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday condemned Republican “apologists” who have used positive language to describe Russian President Vladimir Putin amid his invasion of Ukraine, according to a source who was in the room as Pence spoke to top GOP donors. …
“Putin only understands strength. As members of the party that won the Cold War, we must send a deafening message: Putin must stop or Putin must pay,” Pence said.”
We must demand this administration increases military spending immediately, (arms) Ukraine with lethal weapons to counter Russian armor and aircraft and President (Joe) Biden should sanction all Russian oil exports worldwide,” Pence said. …”
There is no room in the GOP for critics of the Swamp and the Blob.
“There is no room in this party for apologists” for Russian President Vladimir Putin former Vice President Mike Pence plans to tell top Republican donors during a speech in New Orleans on Friday. …
On Russia: “To those who argue that NATO expansion is somehow responsible for the Russian invasion of Ukraine: Ask yourself, where would our friends in Eastern Europe be today if they were not in NATO?” the vice president will tell the GOP donors during his speech. …
“There is only room for champions of freedom,” Pence will say in his speech. …”
If you oppose American imperialism after a lifetime of exhausting wars in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Afghanistan, you are “a Putin apologist.” It is even worse than that. The definition of “a Putin apologist” is anyone who thinks it was a bad idea to try expand NATO and the Empire into Ukraine.
There is no room in the GOP for anyone thinks that Ukraine should not be immediately admitted into NATO which would plunge the United States into the middle of a conflict with Russia and World War III. We’re not willing to do this now when Ukraine is being invaded by Russia for listening to Lindsey Graham, but there will be no room in the GOP in the future for anyone who doubts the wisdom of this.
If you want to be in good standing in the GOP, you got to be willing to hand out security guarantees in Europe like cotton candy to countries like Montenegro (2017) and North Macedonia (2020). Montenegro and North Macedonia are vital interests of the United States and we are committed to defending their sacrosanct borders with the full force of the American military. Once again, the only people who are welcome in the GOP are those who believe in Freedom™, which is defined as identifying our national interest with Ukraine’s interest and Montenegro’s and North Macedonia’s interest.
Yes, we managed to survive the Cold War without going to war with the Soviet Union over the status of Donbas in Ukraine, but times have changed. Russia is a much greater threat to us now than it was back then. This is a war between Democracy vs. Autocracy. We’re on the side of Freedom with our NATO allies like Turkey and other partners like Saudi Arabia.
I had no plans on voting this fall anyway. The whole thing is a farce and a scam, and has been for a very long time. Trump was just as much of a moronic puppet as Biden is.
This is a war between Democracy vs. Autocracy. We’re on the side of Freedom with our NATO allies like Turkey and other partners like Saudi Arabia.
You forgot such bastions of liberty as Soviet Kanuckistan, the UK and Australia. They lock you up in those places for ungood thoughts. Pence is as thoroughly evil as Lady G, but less entertaining. More of a humorless Calvinist kind of devil. The frozen un-chosen.
Pence is a war whore who turns tricks for his corporate pimps.
The curse of the American Vice Presidents. Has anyone ever heard of an intelligent, racially aware, somewhat successful American Vice President? They’ve always failed in my lifetime.
I forgot which VP (an early one) once said:
“It ain’t worth a warm bucket of piss”.
This guy Pence always looked like he had a pole stuck up his arse.
I remember when he jumped all over the rumor of White anti semitic racist desecrating Jewish graves. It turned out just to be an old not maintained grave yard.
Something about the American pro life Religious Right Prostitants that they always seem to be stiff, dumb as*es, totally clueless about racial realities, immigration, Neo Con Je* wars.
Anybody old enough to remember Bush Sr.’s VP Dan Quayle ? I think Bush Sr. picked Dan Quayle as VP To make him look smart in comparison.
Exception to your rule: Henry Wallace. So good that he was driven out of politics.
GOP had a big edge on the Democrats before they got behind this insane march to WWIII. Now all they do is risk squandering it away. Typical. The RNC donors will get what the RNC donors want.
These clowns still think today’s Russia is the old Soviet Union but it’s not. The Soviet Union no longer exist just like NATO should no longer exist. Pense and the rest of the neocon Republicans should no longer exist.
That god damned Bahble-bashin’ evanjewlickal WHORE.
People like Gates & Burns who warned against the consequences of this aggressive madness must get on Fox & other propaganda outlets to counter these kike/MIC-owned scum. Like the sane military man Col. Douglas MacGregor is doing.
Race Bannon & the rest of the chickenhawks must be called out for impugning real Americans.
There is something on Gateway Pundit about Trumo confirming to some golf buddy that he threatened Putin with bombing Moscow if Russia entered Ukraine.
We’re dealing with dangerous psychos.
“Yes, we managed to survive the Cold War without going to war with the Soviet Union”:
Saved by the skin of our teeth at least twice, thanks to the Russian officers Vasili Arkipov (in 1963) and Stanislav Petrov who made the right decision in 1983.