Oh Putin your dick tastes almost as good as Donald's!

He still said it. I don't care if he said it to a group of clowns at a birthday party, the Vice President of the USA just admitted publicaly that he's happy civilians in Ukraine are dying because they reneged on an international promise.

This is 100% why I hope no country, no matter what happens in the coming decade or more, ever gives the USA an ounce of trust ever again. A century of good will, ally-ship, and negotiation completely pissed away in less than a year. Why should ANY of us ever trust the USA to hold up any ounce of promise ever again?

they're not really breaking Budapest memorandum (not that they wouldn't break any treaty in a heartbeat) because it did not say the other signatories would have to defend Ukraine from anyone else. It's still a bad precedent for nuclear disarmament of course but then again the Trump administration has done every fucking thing they can to make literally every country in the world want nuclear weapons now because they've completely broken the old order where countries had at least some faith in USA mostly upholding and abiding by international law and supporting their supposed allies.

Don't look at Texas cities.

We've got a Rome, too.

(I haven't really been there, but it's probably pretty shitty given that it's part of Marjorie Taylor Greene's former district.)

"Athens" is such a popular name for small towns in the US that New York state has two places named "Athens."

"Wow that's dumb," you say. And sure sure, you've got a point.

But what will you say when you find out Pennsylvania has three?

"Jesus H. Christ, that's idiotic," you say. And I can't argue.

But you will be rendered speechless by the news that my own state of Ohio has four localities named "Athens."

...if you don't count the one named "New Athens."

I'm not making this up.

The country of Georgia could do some trolling here. Doesn't even need to be a large town, just rename some wide spot in the road.

I only know about Athens, Georgia because apparently it has (or at least had, dunno anymore) an amazing music scene.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_6

wasn't it protection from the us and russia?

Quavering and faultering on this is what told the world the USA was done being a responsible adult citizen.

in exchange for permanent protection from the US

The Budapest Memorandum did not contain such a security guarantee.

Nothing gives Vance a hard-on like abandoning his allies while they are being genocided. Hide your sofas, save your cushions.

You'd have thought that after Trump 1, but here we are.