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    jon-nyc
    wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 13:47 last edited by
    #30

    Also the original post seems to be misleading. He made his remarks in an interview with the New Yorker. Not at a political event in PA.

    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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      Rich
      wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 14:39 last edited by
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      Zelenskys comments in the New Yorker interview are a bit of a yawner to me. Probably more unsettling is allowing him to come to the US, and start signing bombs that will be used to kill people in a conflict that is not our own. Even more inappropriate to have US officials doing so.

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      • 8 89th
        25 Sept 2024, 13:38

        His visit seems normal to me. @xenon makes a good point about US interests in Ukraine beating up on Russia. Z's comments are also pretty accurate, sorry if that hurts feelings.

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        Renauda
        wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 14:48 last edited by Renauda
        #32

        @89th said in Zelensky Speaks in PA:

        His visit seems normal to me. @xenon makes a good point about US interests in Ukraine beating up on Russia. Z's comments are also pretty accurate, sorry if that hurts feelings.

        I would agree.

        Zelenskyi understands the Russian mentality as it stands today. He has to, it’s a matter of national survival.

        There are few Western countries that do understand the mentality driving Kremlin’s revanchist polity. One nation that does is Finland. Finland’s recent joining of NATO tells us volumes about the Kremlin’s mindset. We should all know take pause and heed what the Finns are saying and doing:

        https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/09/20/finland-is-awake-to-the-russian-threat-is-the-rest-of-the-west-a86417

        Elbows up!

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          George K
          wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 14:57 last edited by
          #33

          I have no problem with funding Ukraine's efforts.

          I have no problem with Zelensky coming here to ask the US to write another check.

          My concern, since noted by Jon to be misplaced, was his giving political points to the Harris campaign, while, supposedly, on the taxpayer's dime.

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • G George K
            25 Sept 2024, 14:57

            I have no problem with funding Ukraine's efforts.

            I have no problem with Zelensky coming here to ask the US to write another check.

            My concern, since noted by Jon to be misplaced, was his giving political points to the Harris campaign, while, supposedly, on the taxpayer's dime.

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            Renauda
            wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 16:23 last edited by Renauda
            #34

            @George-K

            Under the present circumstances, Zelenskyi is doing nothing different than Churchill did in during his visit to the US in late 1940 and early 1941.

            https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/darkest-days-world-war-ii-winston-churchills-visit-white-house-brought-hope-washington-180961798/

            Don’t think for a moment that Churchill was not also a guest of the POTUS and made it clear to the American public that he did not support the America First Committee or the isolationist factions in the both the DNC and RNC in the then upcoming 1942 US presidential elections.

            i agree it would be wholly inappropriate for the present day Canadian PM, British PM or President of Mexico to favour one ticket over another. But then none of the above are at war with a known adversary of the US and the NATO alliance.

            Elbows up!

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              LuFins Dad
              wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 16:23 last edited by
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              It’s an incredibly foolish move on Zelenskyy’s part. There’s a 50/50 chance that guy is going to be President. A guy that is known to hold grudges…

              The Brad

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                jon-nyc
                wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 16:26 last edited by
                #36

                He was more nuanced about Trump. It was really Vance he was dismissive about.

                Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                • L LuFins Dad
                  25 Sept 2024, 16:23

                  It’s an incredibly foolish move on Zelenskyy’s part. There’s a 50/50 chance that guy is going to be President. A guy that is known to hold grudges…

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                  Mik
                  wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 17:37 last edited by Mik
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                  @LuFins-Dad said in Zelensky Speaks in PA:

                  It’s an incredibly foolish move on Zelenskyy’s part. There’s a 50/50 chance that guy is going to be President. A guy that is known to hold grudges…

                  That's evidently a risk he felt he had to take.

                  If it's true that he would shape crucial foreign policy on personal grudges, that's a great reason not to vote for Trump.

                  "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                  • R Renauda
                    25 Sept 2024, 16:23

                    @George-K

                    Under the present circumstances, Zelenskyi is doing nothing different than Churchill did in during his visit to the US in late 1940 and early 1941.

                    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/darkest-days-world-war-ii-winston-churchills-visit-white-house-brought-hope-washington-180961798/

                    Don’t think for a moment that Churchill was not also a guest of the POTUS and made it clear to the American public that he did not support the America First Committee or the isolationist factions in the both the DNC and RNC in the then upcoming 1942 US presidential elections.

                    i agree it would be wholly inappropriate for the present day Canadian PM, British PM or President of Mexico to favour one ticket over another. But then none of the above are at war with a known adversary of the US and the NATO alliance.

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                    Mik
                    wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 17:38 last edited by Mik
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                    @Renauda said in Zelensky Speaks in PA:

                    @George-K

                    Under the present circumstances, Zelenskyi is doing nothing different than Churchill did in during his visit to the US in late 1940 and early 1941.

                    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/darkest-days-world-war-ii-winston-churchills-visit-white-house-brought-hope-washington-180961798/

                    Don’t think for a moment that Churchill was not also a guest of the POTUS and made it clear to the American public that he did not support the America First Committee or the isolationist factions in the both the DNC and RNC in the then upcoming 1942 US presidential elections.

                    i agree it would be wholly inappropriate for the present day Canadian PM, British PM or President of Mexico to favour one ticket over another. But then none of the above are at war with a known adversary of the US and the NATO alliance.

                    Agreed. Context is important.

                    "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                    • M Mik
                      25 Sept 2024, 17:37

                      @LuFins-Dad said in Zelensky Speaks in PA:

                      It’s an incredibly foolish move on Zelenskyy’s part. There’s a 50/50 chance that guy is going to be President. A guy that is known to hold grudges…

                      That's evidently a risk he felt he had to take.

                      If it's true that he would shape crucial foreign policy on personal grudges, that's a great reason not to vote for Trump.

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                      LuFins Dad
                      wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 17:40 last edited by
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                      @Mik said in Zelensky Speaks in PA:

                      @LuFins-Dad said in Zelensky Speaks in PA:

                      It’s an incredibly foolish move on Zelenskyy’s part. There’s a 50/50 chance that guy is going to be President. A guy that is known to hold grudges…

                      That's evidently a risk he felt he had to take.

                      If it's true that he would shape crucial foreign policy on personal grudges, that's a great reason not to vote for Trump.

                      Oh, the reasons to not vote Trump are many and strong. My problem is the alternative.

                      The Brad

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                      • L LuFins Dad
                        25 Sept 2024, 17:40

                        @Mik said in Zelensky Speaks in PA:

                        @LuFins-Dad said in Zelensky Speaks in PA:

                        It’s an incredibly foolish move on Zelenskyy’s part. There’s a 50/50 chance that guy is going to be President. A guy that is known to hold grudges…

                        That's evidently a risk he felt he had to take.

                        If it's true that he would shape crucial foreign policy on personal grudges, that's a great reason not to vote for Trump.

                        Oh, the reasons to not vote Trump are many and strong. My problem is the alternative.

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                        Horace
                        wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 17:44 last edited by
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                        @LuFins-Dad said in Zelensky Speaks in PA:

                        @Mik said in Zelensky Speaks in PA:

                        @LuFins-Dad said in Zelensky Speaks in PA:

                        It’s an incredibly foolish move on Zelenskyy’s part. There’s a 50/50 chance that guy is going to be President. A guy that is known to hold grudges…

                        That's evidently a risk he felt he had to take.

                        If it's true that he would shape crucial foreign policy on personal grudges, that's a great reason not to vote for Trump.

                        Oh, the reasons to not vote Trump are many and strong. My problem is the alternative.

                        Nuance in voting preferences? What, do you think you're better than everybody else? Mr hoity toity nuance with your ability to see "pros" and "cons" between two flawed candidates?

                        Sorry - but - when democracy is on the line, "nuance" is just another word for "Nazi".

                        Education is extremely important.

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                          Mik
                          wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 18:50 last edited by
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                          Wait, I thought those were the Ukrainians. This is all so confusing.

                          "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                          • M Mik
                            25 Sept 2024, 18:50

                            Wait, I thought those were the Ukrainians. This is all so confusing.

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                            Renauda
                            wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 22:15 last edited by Renauda
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                            @Mik said in Zelensky Speaks in PA:

                            Wait, I thought those were the Ukrainians. This is all so confusing.

                            Only those from Western Ukraine are Banderisti Nazis, all others are (allegedly) a figment of the foreign imagination.

                            Elbows up!

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