The Real timschochet

It’s not that difficult a question. Just like in the Korean War, you support one side until the other side realizes they can’t win, and then you negotiate a peace. But you do it in a way that protects the side we are supporting.

Trolling? You do realize we haven’t sent Ukraine hardly any money at all right? We’ve mostly invested the money for this war on developing new weaponry which allows to send Ukraine our surplus weaponry. That’s like 95% of the billions we have spent on this war.

Look, Zelensky could be the most corrupt, biggest puppet on the planet, and it doesn’t change the fact that the Russians invaded and murdered thousands of innocent people. There is NOTHING you could say about Zelensky that would convince me that we shouldn’t support Ukraine, because Russia is the aggressor. During World War II we supported Josef Stalin, the biggest mass murderer in all of history. And that was the right move because the Nazis were the bigger threat. I have no idea if Zelensky is a good guy or a bad guy or a puppet and I could not care less. We need to support Ukraine because they are the victims in this struggle.

I don’t get my news from internet videos.

In what way have I lost my mind? By calling out that idiot and his conspiracy theories?

Ukraine can’t win. But neither can Russia. I want to work out a deal. No need for Ukraine to surrender.

Not really worried about an asteroid but it is concerning that Doge has basically suspended all NASA research projects.

I am 100% convinced now that if Trump had been President in World War II he would have praised Hitler and called Churchill a dictator, and blamed England for starting the war.

Just shut the fock up already. You’ve demonstrated with your Jew hating comments about 9/11 that you’re a focking nutcase. There’s no lie here. Russia invaded Ukraine and murdered thousands of innocent people. We had nothing to do with it. We’re trying to defend innocent folks the way we always do and for some reason you and Trump and half of the people here are on the side of the bad guys. Congrats.

Losing hope by the hour. Trump keeps repeating Moscow’s talking points. It’s really sad. He is giving Putin fellatio and a lot of you guys appear to be standing in line waiting to do the same thing.

I don’t think you’re correct about this.

How will Trump react when Governor Hochul removes Adams? Any predictions?

The reason to defend him is because I don’t think he’s guilty.

No they don’t. As I have told @jerryskids and others many times, if Republicans simply wanted to pass laws restricting gender surgery to 18 and over I think most Democrats could agree to that. Personally it’s not what I would prefer, because I don’t like the state involved in decisions made between doctors and parents when public health is not a factor. But it’s a compromise I’m willing to accept: restrictions to protect children, leave adults alone. But your side isn’t doing this. You are not leaving adults alone. Transgender adults are being persecuted. Excluded from the military. Forced to change passport status. Targets of ridicule and hate crimes. Singled out by the President and his supporters and made to feel like pariahs or outcasts. And it’s the Republicans doing this.

Agree with that as well.

Look I don’t have any power to stop him from being President. Politics interest me so I will continue to discuss them when I can including here. But that’s all it is, a discussion. I’m not changing anything that’s happening. (I do try to change things in small ways: giving money to the ACLU, working with a refugee family)

Again we’re just discussing this for the sake of argument because I don’t concede that “the other guys” mentioned were in fact guilty of corruption. But let’s assume they are: You are correct that liberals only bring up this topic when it is conservatives who are accused of crimes, otherwise they avoid it. What you failed to mention is that conservatives only bring up this topic when it is liberals who are accused of crimes, otherwise they avoid it as well. Both sides are equally guilty of hypocrisy and a double standard. But that being said I don’t think the solution is ever to turn a blind eye to crimes of this nature. I will accept the charges of hypocrisy and still insist that if corruption occurs we need to at least try to stop it.

I don’t find this to be a compelling argument. As a kid when I got in trouble I would sometimes point to my older brother and say “he was doing it too!” That never worked. For good reason.

Biden made plenty of mistakes as President. So has Trump. Zelenskyy has as well. But the invasion of Ukraine was a great crime involving the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children. The man responsible for that crime, its architect, is Vladimir Putin. Putting the blame on Biden or Trump or Zelenskyy is wrong as misguided because none of those three wanted this crime to happen. Putin did. Putin is an evil man, and he is responsible for these terrible events. I think it’s important to have moral clarity.

Sure., if that is the case. But I tried to watch those House hearings on Biden and Hunter as much as I could and they were, frankly, a joke. If there had been any real smoking gun they would have uncovered one there. But there wasn’t .

No idea. Could be nothing. Could be a trillion dollars. Should we leave Trump alone to be as corrupt as he wants? ETA- for the record, Trump is on my team. He’s my President.

So we should leave Trump alone to be as corrupt as he wants?

I could argue your facts about Hillary, Biden and Pelosi, but for the sake of argument let’s say I accept them. Does that mean that Trump gets a free pass to be as corrupt as he wants?

I have. The main problem with the accusation that Biden, as VP, was involved in some kind of corrupt scheme in Ukraine is that he was carrying out policy already dictated by the State Department.

One of the biggest examples of the corruption under Trump’s presidency, dating back to his first term, is this whole Saudi Arabia LIV golf thing: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/business/dealbook/pga-tour-liv-golf-saudi-deal-trump.html Trump’s businesses are directly involved.