A) The war in Ukraine does not fit the criteria of a genocide. Using that term loosely diminishes it. B) Although it is a major policy shift, after previous administrations essentially created the conditions under which the conflict began, the US is a sovereign state. Ukraine is not a US treaty ally, so it has no formal obligation to help.
B) - very large stretch that it was because of US policy. Russkiy Mir occurred due to domestic regime mythos creation and was based by Russia's policy of Suverennaya Demokratiya, which is remarkably similiar to the US's 2025 National Security Strategy which rejects International institutions and aims to dominate its nearsphere.
If you want to say that its because of US policy, the only reasonable assertion here is that the US should have been more aggressive in checking Russian revanchism.
B2) Wrong. The US had commitments under the Budapest Memorandum to ensure Ukraine's territorial sovereignty. So did Russia and the UK funnily enough.
B2) You are overstretching the nature of the commitments under the Budapest memorandum.
It commits the U.S. to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and borders, avoid the use of force or coercion against it, and seek international (UN) action if Ukraine faces aggression, particularly involving nuclear weapons.
In other words, it's a commitment to not violate Ukrainian sovereignty yourself, and to provide political support at the UN when it faces such a violation from another party. Which the US did, and which passed in the GA but was veto'd in the SC. Everything more, including economic and military aid, was and is a political choice. And a political choice can obviously change after a transfer of power.
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he is no longer even trying to hide the fact that he has done absolutely nothing to help Ukraine
in fact, he is simply forcing it to accept a completely disadvantageous peace with a genocidal state
A) The war in Ukraine does not fit the criteria of a genocide. Using that term loosely diminishes it. B) Although it is a major policy shift, after previous administrations essentially created the conditions under which the conflict began, the US is a sovereign state. Ukraine is not a US treaty ally, so it has no formal obligation to help.
B) - very large stretch that it was because of US policy. Russkiy Mir occurred due to domestic regime mythos creation and was based by Russia's policy of Suverennaya Demokratiya, which is remarkably similiar to the US's 2025 National Security Strategy which rejects International institutions and aims to dominate its nearsphere.
If you want to say that its because of US policy, the only reasonable assertion here is that the US should have been more aggressive in checking Russian revanchism.
B2) Wrong. The US had commitments under the Budapest Memorandum to ensure Ukraine's territorial sovereignty. So did Russia and the UK funnily enough.
B) I was speaking broader, to the internal US debates swinging to the side favoring NATO expansion. Perhaps best illustrated by this senate hearing: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-105shrg46832/html/CHRG-105shrg46832.htm
B2) You are overstretching the nature of the commitments under the Budapest memorandum. It commits the U.S. to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and borders, avoid the use of force or coercion against it, and seek international (UN) action if Ukraine faces aggression, particularly involving nuclear weapons.
In other words, it's a commitment to not violate Ukrainian sovereignty yourself, and to provide political support at the UN when it faces such a violation from another party. Which the US did, and which passed in the GA but was veto'd in the SC. Everything more, including economic and military aid, was and is a political choice. And a political choice can obviously change after a transfer of power.