WARS ARE ‘SMART INVESTMENT’ FOR US AS THEY ARE NOT TAKING PLACE ON AMERICAN SOIL: RUSSIA

Fri 20 October 2023:

Russia on Friday responded to US President Joe Biden’s request to Congress for $100 billion in emergency aid for Ukraine and Israel, claiming that the wars are a “smart investment” because they are not taking place on American soil.

“They used to call it ‘fighting for freedom and democracy.’ Now it turns out it is just calculations. It has always been that way, they just fooled the world using values for which Washington has never really stood,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement on Telegram.

Zakharova went on to argue that wars have traditionally been “smart investments” for Washington as they did not take place on American soil and that the US “does not care about costs borne by others.”

“As they say, nothing personal, just business,” Zakharova said.

In an earlier speech from the Oval Office on Thursday, Biden said he would send Congress “an urgent budget request” of $100 on Friday to fund America’s national security needs to support its “critical partners,” including Israel and Ukraine.

“It’s a smart investment that’s going to pay dividends for American security for generations,” Biden said.

Throughout the address, Biden made comparisons between Israel and Ukraine, Hamas and Putin. He stressed that Israel should not make the same “mistakes” made by the US after 9/11 when, he said, Americans were “blinded by rage”. Biden said: “As hard as it is, we cannot give up on peace, we cannot give up on a two-state solution.” He added: “The US remains committed to Palestinians’ right to dignity and to self-determination.

The acts of Hamas don’t take that away.” Biden said: “Hamas and Putin represent different threats. But they share this in common. They both want to completely annihilate a neighbouring democracy.”

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

______________________________________________________________

FOLLOW INDEPENDENT PRESS:

WhatsApp CHANNEL
https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAtNxX8fewmiFmN7N22