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Yvonne York's avatar

Thank you, Gene! I also appreciate the link to the article detailing the facts around the actual dollar value of aid the US has given. Trump does himself a disservice when he is sloppy with data, because this gives his opposition the fuel to shout liar liar liar when even 127B , and not 350B aid as Trump has repeated, to UKR is 127B too much to fund a foolish proxy war to weaken Russia, who is not our enemy. I pray for the success of Russian diplomacy and negotiation.

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Gene Marx's avatar

Thanks for noticing and mentioning the bogus number-crunching, Yvonne. That's your niche, after all. I don't know about praying, but I'm in a "hope dies last" mode now, more than ever.

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Lisa Savage's avatar

Is the area "the size of Texas" Russia's most recent territorial gains or?

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Gene Marx's avatar

At the rate their going and thanks to our crack diplomatic efforts, who knows? (Ukraine the country - 233,062 square miles, Texas - 268,596 square miles)

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