Dawgdocindosta said:

Honest question. Do you believe Ukraine can defeat Russia and be a sovereign nation in whole without direct assistance that involves manpower from other countries (ie, the USA)?
I have never believed that could be possible. And putting men on the ground would essentially start another WW.
Ukraine is not united. The eastern 1/3 of the nation is pro-Russia. The initial conflict began by casually rolling Russian tanks into the eastern front bc they knew there would be little to no resistance.
If somehow Ukraine were rescued from Russia today there would likely be a civil conflict.
I’m not in favor of bending the knee to Russia. But they are in the position of strength. Not the US and not NATO.

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doerunn said:

You mean ben sasse? He's a clown. Guess he brought the swamp mentality to gainesville. He resigned.
In his 17-month stint as UF president, Ben Sasse more than tripled his office’s spending, directing millions in university funds into secretive consulting contracts and high-paying positions for his GOP allies.
Sasse ballooned spending under the president’s office to $17.3 million in his first year in office — up from $5.6 million in former UF President Kent Fuchs’ last year, according to publicly available administrative budget data.

A majority of the spending surge was driven by lucrative contracts with big-name consulting firms and high-salaried, remote positions for Sasse’s former U.S. Senate staff and Republican officials.

Sasse’s consulting contracts have been kept largely under wraps, leaving the public in the dark about what the contracted firms did to earn their fees. The university also declined to clarify specific duties carried out by Sasse’s ex-Senate staff, several of whom were salaried as presidential advisers.

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