Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene tells Cameron to ‘kiss my ass’ in response to request to pass aid package

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    9 months ago

    Western Europe is facing the prospect of having to pay for their own defense for the first time in 80 years and it terrifies them.

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      9 months ago

      The UK really hasn’t been all that bad, and they’re currently over the target.

      The UK – along with the US – was also one of the first countries to provide substantial aid. Back when it was mostly man-portable weapons going over, the UK provided a bunch of NLAWs, which were pretty much what Ukraine needed at the time.

      While I share your frustration with where some countries were – Scholz, in Germany, explicitly campaigned on ignoring the NATO target – Cameron isn’t really the main guy I’d complain at. And those countries are also improving (admittedly, now that Putin is actually prosecuting a war, but…)

      This is also a pretty self-effacing comment from Cameron, because he’s presenting what the UK did in the runup to WW2 as what not to do.