Biden: US Congress to blame for fall of Avdiivka

If you think standing up for our allies is expensive..wait to see what happens when you abandon them.

This is the refrain of conservatism. If you think carbon taxes are expensive, wait for climate change, social programs... Crime, healthcare... Death. They do not actually give a shit about expense.
Conservatives do not see Europe as our allies. The GOP famously despises Europe and would very much like to see Putin take control of it.

The sooner we disabuse ourselves of the foolish idea that republicans work for America, the better off we’ll be.

I just don't understand why Trump is simping so hard for Putin. These Maga fascists are just blindly following that asshole.
- We have trump and his ties to Russia, seven republicans being the first delegation to visit Russia since it illegally annexed Crimea, Russian oligarch investment in McConnell's state, NRA facilitating contact between Russia and republicans, and the list goes on. It just doesn't seem to matter to enough people.
- Dirt.

1930s appeasers thought Hitler was willing to draw a line and stop at some point too.

These aren't just appeasers we're dealing with. These are silver shirts.
Pretty sure most of hardcore Maga and the Freedom Caucus are fine with Hitler. Jan 6th was their Beer Hall Putsch. The ones who find Hitler a bit extreme have no objection to Franco, Pinochet, or Mussolini.

U.S. Congress is not to blame. U.S. conservatives in congress are to blame.

The GOP works hard to support Putin. Delaying/denying any defense of Ukraine is a huge win for them as they support Putin's efforts to invade Europe.

You tell ‘em, corpse of Uncle Sam.

No. The Russian military is to blame for the fall. Not helping someone is not the same as killing them. Helping them can still be good though.

Why couldn't they get "Genocide Joes Discount Bombs Special" like Israel? That didn't need congress approval.

Because Israel paid for these bombs. Due to the war, Ukraine suffers from a serious lack of money. Therefore, they can't just buy the weapons they need. Instead, the US and other NATO countries provide them for free. To do so, Biden needs congressional approval. The only thing he can do on his own is to give arms manufacturers the permission to sell weapons, e.g. to Israel.
- They're not actually free, they're being provided under bilateral aid agreements. If Ukraine survives the war it's going to be saddled with an enormous amount of debt.
  The screw here is that countries giving can use the debt to fiddle their own books, making their economies look better than they really are (because they know Ukraine will never be able to pay it all back).
- Israel gets billions in 'aid', the American people paid for these bombs. The real reason is that Israel has a ridiculously effective lobby group in AIPAC where they control pretty much everyone in Congress. Ukraine doesn't have that.
- If Ukraine had just paid they're due they would get unwavering support no matter their intention, just like Israel.
  Bad take from a bad country.
- What about some other NATO country? Don't they have some money to spare for Ukraine? Let them purchase it discount prices for Ukraine.
Because Republicans like Israel. They also like Russia, which is why they don't like Ukraine; Russia's paying them, Ukraine isn't.
- Israels munitions aid wasnt contingent on the republicans, because it didn't need congress approval since it technically was a sale. My qustion is, why isn't this done for Ukraine. Even if they didn't have any money, some other ally could purchase the munitions for them and give the aid to them.
Strange that the majority of Americans support Ukraine, but Joe can't bend over backwards to give them aid (like he did with Israel), but once trump is elected democracy is dead. Seems to me democracy has been dead for decades if not centuries.
Yes the hypocrisy and showmanship here is out of control. Of course Biden could send aid to Ukraine without Congress, but I guess it's better for him to make the Republicans look bad before the election. Pure evil stuff
It's shady shit like this that is a constant reminder, that we are being painted a false dichotomy by the ruling parties. And people eat it up, chanting "Republicans bad" and downplaying the genocide. Of course Palestinians don't have nukes so America & Israel can just go hog wild and bathe in the charred bodies of children with no awkward escalation problems
- So you're saying the Republicans aren't actively voting against it?
- Care to expand on how exactly he can send aid without congress?