Vivek says the Donbas aren’t part of Ukraine since 2014, which endorses Russia’s invasion and illegal annexation of those territories – extralegal exercises of power the United States does not recognize.
Article Five of the North Atlantic Treaty does not require troops on the ground, and it does not get triggered automatically.
Tim Scott sounds like he wants to hedge on Ukraine
Tim Scott says that the mission in Ukraine is degrading the Russian military. What is the political purpose of this? Is is to vindicate the promise to keep NATO’s doors open to Ukraine? Is it to help Ukraine regain Crimea and remove Russia from the Black Sea port?
Scott says our interest in Ukraine is degrading the Russian military, which seems incomplete. We wouldn’t want the war to keep going in order to keep degrading their military capacity, for example.
“I believe that we have sleeper terrorist cells in America.” – Tim Scott
I don’t know where Christie is getting the “New Jersey most diverse” stat. Texas, California, and Hawaii lead the Garden State in most all rankings.
For advocates of a muscular, extroverted foreign policy – the post-War status quo within the GOP – this debate is ambrosia. Even Vivek’s role as indefatigable heel is welcome insofar as his presence highlights the consensus.
Vivek Ramaswamy’s plan tonight is to roll every issue into every other issue and address them all at the same time within the same breath.
If I were a Jewish student at a high school or university, I don’t think I would feel all that safer based on anything Ramaswamy said. “These university leaders have lost their way.” Yeah, no kidding. The question is what, if anything, our government leaders can do to restore Jewish students’ sense that they can walk across campus without encountering some unhinged antisemitic mob.