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Ukraine’s Afghanistan Involvement: No Blank Check for U.S. Aid

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Zelensky, Macron, and President Trump. Photo courtesy of EL PAÍS.

Liberals and Democrats are so invested in Ukraine that they are grasping at any possible straw to justify continued U.S. funding. And, of course, they are calling Trump Hitler for not doing exactly what they want.

The case against continued U.S. funding for Ukraine is strong. Over the past three years, the U.S. has provided Zelensky with over $120 billion in total aid, including military and other assistance.

Yet, at his meeting with President Trump, Zelensky admitted he cannot account for the money. When U.S. officials asked him what his plan for victory was, he admitted he had none.

This means continued U.S. support would just be more money thrown into a bottomless pit, with no strategy to end the war and no estimate of when this endless funding would stop.

Trump offered Zelensky a brilliant deal: financial aid in exchange for Ukraine’s mineral resources, with the added benefit of implied U.S. defense, as American personnel would be stationed there overseeing the extraction.

Zelensky rejected this win-win proposal, preferring instead to receive free money while giving nothing in return. Trump has rightly pointed out that Zelensky is unwilling to negotiate.

The media, in their usual distortion, are now calling Trump Hitler for this as well, falsely claiming that he wants Zelensky to surrender and let Russia win. But that is not what Trump said.

By definition, a negotiation requires both sides to make concessions. Since Zelensky refuses to yield anything, he has also rejected negotiations outright. Trump’s statement that Zelensky refuses to negotiate is a fact—not Kremlin propaganda, as the media claim.

The pro-Ukraine crowd has tried every fabricated excuse to claim the U.S. is obligated to support Ukraine. One of their favorite arguments is that Ukraine was promised U.S. protection when it gave up its nuclear weapons.

However, there is no such agreement on paper—only the Budapest Memorandum, which, at best, offers Ukraine protection from a nuclear attack, not a conventional one.

Next, they tried pushing some kind of NATO imperative, but this is nonsense since NATO protection only applies to NATO members—and Ukraine is not a member.

The press keeps using terms like “abandoning” to claim that Trump is abandoning Ukraine. But this is an accurate statement.

Trump is allowed to abandon Ukraine. He is allowed to halt U.S. support. The U.S. is in no way obligated to defend Ukraine.

Now, their latest foolish argument is that the U.S. should defend Ukraine because Ukraine participated in the Afghanistan war.

This argument is so absurd that it almost doesn’t need addressing—but for the sake of clarity, here’s why the Afghanistan war is a false equivalent and does not justify continued U.S. support for Ukraine’s endless war with Russia.

The war in Afghanistan, though led by the U.S., was a NATO operation authorized by the UN, and Ukraine, as a UN member, participated.

Between 2001 and 2021, Ukraine deployed a total of 1,600 troops, with an average of just 30 personnel on the ground at any given time. Most of the funding for Ukraine’s deployment was covered by NATO and international allies.

Ukraine’s limited participation in Afghanistan is nowhere near comparable to the scale of U.S. support for Ukraine’s war against Russia and does not justify sending billions more in aid.

Here’s your revised version with improved flow and clarity while keeping your meaning intact:

Along with the many other spurious arguments being made in favor of supporting Ukraine, some are now suggesting that NATO should admit Ukraine immediately to justify NATO intervention. However, this would be a grave error and a blatant violation of NATO rules.

NATO has strict membership criteria, primarily outlined in Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty and the Membership Action Plan (MAP). To join, a country must meet political, military, and economic standards, including territorial integrity, democratic governance, and military interoperability.

Ukraine falls short in key areas: it has unresolved territorial conflicts with Russia, struggles with corruption and rule of law, and has yet to fully integrate NATO military standards.

While some progress has been made, these challenges continue to prevent Ukraine from meeting NATO’s accession requirements.

If these rules were ignored and NATO accepted Ukraine under current conditions, the U.S. would be extremely likely to withdraw from the alliance.

Despite claims from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and various liberal voices in Europe, NATO and Europe are not prepared to face Russia without U.S. support.

While the media may call Trump Hitler or a Kremlin stooge for withdrawing support for Ukraine, the reality is that Trump is simply a realist.

According to Zelensky himself, Ukraine has no path to victory. That means he has no choice but to negotiate—yet he refuses to do so.

Trump also raised a very real point: continued U.S. support has given Zelensky a false sense of security, making him even more reluctant to negotiate. Withdrawing that support may force Zelensky to wake up to reality—he is not going to win and will have to negotiate, yielding something to Putin.

And this is despite the 1,600 troops Ukraine sent to Afghanistan over 20 years ago—at someone else’s expense. That is not Moscow propaganda; it is simply the truth. As the old saying goes, reality has a conservative bias.

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Black Lives Matter Activist in Boston Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charges – Scammed Donors to Fund Her Lifestyle

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A Black Lives Matter activist in Boston named Monica Cannon-Grant pleaded guilty to federal charges this week, admitting that she scammed donors and used their money to fund her own lavish lifestyle.

Cannon-Grant was previously held up as an admired figure. The city of Boston named her the Bostonian of the year at one point for her ‘social justice activism’ and she was even recognized by the Boston Celtics basketball team for her efforts.

She is now facing a minimum of two years in prison.

The New York Post reports:

BLM-linked activist admits conning donors to fund her lavish lifestyle

A once-celebrated Boston social activist has pleaded guilty to defrauding donors — including Black Lives Matter — out of thousands of dollars that she used as a personal piggy bank.

Monica Cannon-Grant, 44, pleaded guilty Monday to 18 counts of fraud-related crimes that she committed with her late husband while operating their Violence in Boston (VIB) activists group, according to the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts.

The activist scammed money — including $3,000 from a BLM group — while claiming it was to help feed children and run protests like one in 2020 over the murder of George Floyd and police violence.

Cannon-Grant also conned her way into getting $100,000 in federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits — which she used to pay off her personal auto loan and car insurance policy.

But she has now confessed to transferring funds to personal bank accounts to pay for rent, shopping sprees, delivery meals, visits to a nail salon — and even a summer vacation to Maryland.

Just amazing.

Here’s a local video report:

She should pay back every penny.

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Keith Olbermann Backpedals Furiously With Apology for Threatening CNN’s Scott Jennings – Jennings Responds (VIDEO)

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As the Gateway Pundit reported yesterday, former MSNBC host and generally unhinged leftist Keith Olbermann, appeared to threaten CNN’s conservative pundit Scott Jennings on Twitter saying, ‘You’re next motherf**ker.’

Well, Olbermann may have gotten a phone call or a visit from the FBI because today he walked back those comments with a full-throated apology.

RedState has an update:

To quickly recap, Scott Jennings, a Salem Media Network radio host and conservative CNN political commentator, reacted to breaking news on Monday that Kimmel had been reinstated by tweeting, “So basically his employer suspended him for being an insensitive pr**k, and we don’t live in an authoritarian regime? Got it.”

This enraged Olbermann, who proceeded to tweet what many, including Jennings, perceived to be a threat. “You’re next, motherf**ker. But keep mugging to the camera.” Jennings tagged Patel and included a screengrab of the tweets in response.

Though the FBI hasn’t commented as to whether an investigation was launched, Olbermann ostensibly appears to have thought twice about what he tweeted and deleted, apologizing profusely in tweets posted on Tuesday and claiming what he wrote was “misinterpreted”:

See Olbermann’s tweet below:

Scott Jennings, always a class act, offered this hilarious response:

Keith Olbermann really needs help. The guy is just so out of control.

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Where is Lance Twiggs? Kirk Assassin’s Transgender Lover Has Vanished

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Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson and roommate Lance Twiggs

Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson lived with his transgender partner – a male-to-female trans named Lance “Luna” Twiggs.

The FBI used Robinson’s texts with his transgender partner to solidify that Robinson was the assassin. Lance Twiggs has not been charged with any crime; however, federal authorities are still investigating.

Last week, Utah authorities released the text exchange between Tyler Robinson and his transgender lover, Lance Twiggs, sent shortly after Kirk’s assassination.

Utah County District Attorney Jeff Gray announced seven charges against Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson. They will also be seeking the death penalty.

Robinson was charged with:

– Count 1: Aggravated murder (capital offense)
– Count 2: Felony reckless discharge of a firearm causing bodily injury
– Count 3: Felony obstruction of justice for hiding the firearm
– Count 4: Felony obstruction of justice for discarding the clothing he wore during the shooting
– Count 5: Witness tampering for asking roommate to delete incriminating messages
– Count 6: Witness temperating for demanding trans roommate stay silent, and not speak to police
– Count 7: Commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child

Jeff Gray released the chilling texts between Tyler Robinson and his “love” Lance Twiggs.

Read the text exchange here:

Tyler Robinson texts with transgender lover Lance Twiggs / 1
Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson texts with transgender lover Lance Twiggs / 2

Lance Twiggs was reportedly cooperating with the FBI, however, according to the Daily Mail he has seemingly vanished.

“If [Lance Twiggs] ever comes back, it will be in a body bag,” a neighbor said to the Daily Mail. “That’s not a threat – I’m just saying that there are so many people who want a piece of him he’d be mad to show his face in public again. This was a generational event.”

The Daily Mail reported:

The Trans boyfriend of Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin has fled their former lovenest – and locals tell the Daily Mail they never want to see him again.

Lance Twiggs, 22, was led away for questioning when police swooped on the smart three-bed condo he shared with accused gunman Tyler Robinson, 22.

Shaken neighbors say the part time plumber has not been back to the $320,000 property in St. George, Utah – one declaring: ‘Good riddance. I never want to see either of them again.’

His beaten-up Infinity compact is still parked in his space with his work gear tossed across the back seat and a sandwich wrapper and a drink on the front passenger seat.

Upstairs lights have been left on for more than a week and notes and Amazon packages are piling up outside the home owned by Twiggs’s devout Mormon family.

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