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Ukraine is a Democracy being attacked from the outside by the Russian Dictator Putin. America is a Democracy being attacked from within by MAGA Trump Fascists and the wannabe Dictator Trump. This is a battle between Democracy and Fascist Dictatorship, both at home and abroad. A threat to democracy anywhere is a threat to democracy everywhere. This is why we must support Ukraine and also oppose MAGA and Trump here in America.
This is also why so many Republicans do not care about Ukraine- these MAGA Republicans want dictatorship, not democracy. They do not want democracy here, and they do not care about democracy in Ukraine and elsewhere in the world. MAGAs love dictators like Putin, Kim Jong Un of North Korea, and Xi of China.
If we are to continue to have a free country with a functioning democracy here in America, we must defeat Trump and his fascist MAGA allies. And we must defend democracy at home and abroad, in places like Ukraine, South Korea, and Taiwan. This is a global battle between Democracy and Dictatorship.
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CitizenZero
(920 posts)A threat to Democracy anywhere is a threat to Democracy everywhere. We must defeat anti--democracy foes like the dictator Putin and MAGA Trump Fascism both at home and abroad. The battle lines are clear- those who support and love Democracy, like the Ukrainians and all real Americans-versus the fascist authoritarians like Putin and wannabe dictator Trump. This is a Global fight for Democracy and against authoritarianism and fascist dictatorship.
Blue Owl
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myohmy2
(3,721 posts)...a MAGA U.S. President siding with a dictator like putin over our own national security agencies...shameful
...could there have been something sinister going on in that unrecorded meeting that we don't know about...?
...hmmm...
CitizenZero
(920 posts)Trump is so stupid. In this video, he is committing treason on global television. He sides with a foreign dictator over our own intelligence services. Trump is a traitor and a buffoon.
CitizenZero
(920 posts)When we spoke this week, she made clear that the decision of whether Ukraine wins or loses is now on us — almost entirely. As Congress debates how much more money to authorize for Ukraine’s assistance amid growing Republican opposition, she says that what we are really debating is our own future. Do we want to live in the kind of world that will result if Ukraine loses?
Hill is clear about her answer. A world in which Putin chalks up a win in Ukraine is one where the U.S.’s standing in the world is diminished, where Iran and North Korea are emboldened, where China dominates the Indo-Pacific, where the Middle East becomes more unstable and where nuclear proliferation takes off, among allies as well as enemies.
“Ukraine has become a battlefield now for America and America’s own future — whether we see it or not — for our own defensive posture and preparedness, for our reputation and our leadership,” she told me. “For Putin, Ukraine is a proxy war against the United States, to remove the United States from the world stage.”
Hill sees U.S. domestic politics as the main obstacle to Ukraine’s ability to win. She has long warned, including in a book published after she left the White House, that high levels of partisanship in the United States promote authoritarianism both at home and around the world. She’s been talking to some lawmakers about Ukraine, and she’s worried that their partisanship has blinded them to the dangers the country faces if Putin gets his way.
“The problem is that many members of Congress don’t want to see President Biden win on any front,” she said.