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Even setting aside the moral case, supporting Ukraine against Russian aggression is strategic for the U.S. It lowers the risk of getting drawn into a wider NATO war in the Baltics if that aggression goes unchecked

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Chasiv Yar. The aggressor, Russia, has been razing cities to the ground in Ukraine for more than two years now. Fuck everyone who justifies Russian aggression. Fuck everyone who calls on Ukraine to surrender to this evil. Fuck everyone who speaks against arming Ukraine. Fuck everyone who speaks against putting NATO boots on the ground in Ukraine. Putting NATO boots on the ground in Ukraine had to happen two years ago. Fuck everyone who is against the collapse of Russia. Russia needs to collapse, and Russia will collapse. Arm Ukraine now to defeat Russia sooner rather than later. Arm Ukraine, now! Ukraine in NATO, and NATO in Ukraine, now! NATO has been created to deter Russian aggression. NATO ate budgets for years, and now that Russian aggression is here, NATO is failing to deter Russia and to stop Russia. NATO should lean into the war because the war is already here, and Russia started it in 2014 with the illegal occupation of Crimea. There is no folding it back into a matching box. The war is here.

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