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Musk says Putin can’t lose in Ukraine, opposes Senate bill (fashions in futility) - C C - Feb 13, 2024
If what's transpiring now is about Ukraine taking back its annexed territory, then that is a waste of lives, resources, and increased debt. Whereas, if Putin still wants to conquer all of Ukraine, that's another matter.
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Musk says Putin can’t lose in Ukraine, opposes Senate bill
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/musk-says-putin-can-t-lose-in-ukraine-opposes-senate-bill/ar-BB1ibG0f?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=b18f1399b02646f18e2acb9d5ab10d2e&ei=25
EXCERPTS: Elon Musk told US Republican senators “there is no way in hell” that Russian President Vladimir Putin could lose the war on Ukraine, weighing in on a conflict that has been affected by Musk’s own Starlink satellite services.
[...] Musk told the senators he’s sometimes accused of being a Putin apologist, but said that accusation was “absurd.” He said his companies “have probably done more to undermine Russia than anything.”
He cited SpaceX providing Starlink internet service to Ukraine, which has been critical to the nation’s communications after Russia invaded, as well as SpaceX taking business away from Russia’s space launch business.
His views contrast strongly with President Joe Biden and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who argue that aiding Ukraine’s defense against the Kremlin is in America’s interests and will help deter other autocrats from starting wars of their own... (MORE - missing details)
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Elon Musk Asks: What Kind of ‘Psycho’ Would Want Ukraine to Keep Fighting Putin?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/elon-musk-asks-what-kind-of-psycho-would-want-ukraine-to-keep-fighting-putin/ar-BB1icypg?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=eccd9130f63846a2a994608eed01dde8&ei=34
EXCERPTS: At the end of the conversation, Musk said: “Hopefully the public, American public, is able to listen to this and indeed contact their elected representatives.”
“The really important thing to bear in mind here is that this spending does not help Ukraine,” Musk said. “Prolonging the war does not help Ukraine. This is very important to appreciate.”
He added that he believes it’s “fantastic” that America “wants to be the good guy,” with Musk claiming most other countries are comparatively indifferent. “We want to do the right thing. We want to help people,” he said. “The problem is, prolonging the war and sacrificing the flower of Ukrainian youth—and we should have some sympathy for the Russian youth as well, it’s not like they want to be there—and having all these boys die for nothing is wrong, and it needs to stop. And that’s what it comes down to.”
[...] “There has been no change in the Russia-Ukraine border for a year, just lots of dead kids,” Musk replied. “What kind of psycho wants that to continue?”
Rogin hit back, insisting that Ukrainians “want to keep fighting because they have seen what happens under Russian occupation.” “Mass murder. Mass deportation of children. Ukrainians just want to keep defending themselves,” he wrote. Abandoning them would result in more dead young people not less.” (MORE - missing details)