• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I will admit that I am confounded by how often I agree with Boris Johnson’s views on providing military aid to Ukraine, considering I almost always vehemently disagree with him on pretty much anything and everything else.

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      3 months ago

      Advocating a strong response to Russia lets him act out his Churchill fantasy, so he has a motivation to be less of a shitebag for a moment

    • Gork@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      Yeah he’s one of the very few Western politicians who is taking the threat Russia poses to European security seriously. I found it unexpected tbh considering all of his other views.

    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      Well foreign policy and domestic policy are two completely different things.