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I mean, our money is funding this war instead of our own health care, so yeah, I think our people have every right to criticize if they want to.
And besides, it wasn't that long ago that people were saying these same things about Iraq and Afghanistan, and we later learned our money was grossly misused and corruption rampant.
Stories have already circulated about corruption in the Zelensky government.
Wow, stories have circulated you say? /s
Unlike Iraq and Afghanistan, which were immoral American misadventures, this is a Russian misadventure, and supporting the Ukrainians is pushing back against aggression.
I don't know why you added the sarcasm tag, because it's true.
There has been extensive reporting of corruption in Zelensky's government, which always seems to be the case when the US is involved. The only difference is this time we've swapped out Saddam Hussein and Hamid Karzai for a white gentleman who's easier to market to the masses.
If you had anything real to say you'd be linking to it or even talking about specific examples. Instead it's "there's stories", "there's been reporting".
Want to provide sources for those claims boss? I need to see this "extensive reporting".
Yeah, Russia says a lot, and also pays right wing news a hefty sum in order to report their bullshit.
USian, I presume. You already spend as many federal tax payer dollars, per capita, on healthcare as the UK pays for the NHS, per capita. You're just not getting the results because you rather bail out hospitals providing ER treatment for people who can't pay than letting those same people visit the doctor once a year for free so that their condition doesn't become an emergency. Granted, the NHS is underfunded, but if you'd take say 5% of what Americans pay for health insurance and add it to the sum you have quite a bit to work with.
Don't try to justify your lack of moral fibre when it comes to standing up to fascists with your dysfunctional politics, that's not the flex you think it is.
The "right" to criticize was never infringed on, the criticism is just being ridiculed by the public.
I get that, and that's fine.
We're a warmongering country and it stands to reason that anyone criticizing the war of the week will not be looked upon favorably. I get it.
It's also an armchair ethicist with absolutely no skin in the game wagging their finger at an underdog, outmanned, and outgunned country defending itself from a blatant foreign invasion.