Rand Paul Asks State Official Point Blank: What Is Being Done To Find 'Off Ramp' For Ukraine War? 

Did anyone ever think that Ukraine could defeat Russia?? It’s militarily impossible!!!

Early in the war, Putin negotiated settlement, signed by Zelinskyy and NATO quashed it

Senator Rand Paul is a sane voice in the room full of insanity . We need many people like Rand Paul in the senate

Russia is the only country that has negotiated and kept its side of the deal! Multiple times!

There is no endgame from this administration and the swampy warmongers.

Russia used diplomacy to solve the problem that is Ukraine. It was called the Minsk Agreement. It was never implemented. Later, former German prime minister Angela Merkle admitted that the NATO nations never had any intention of honoring the agreement. They had signed onto it for the sole purpose of stringing Putin along while they built up Ukraine's military so Ukraine would be strong enough to invade and subdue its two breakaway provinces. Before this war started Putin and Lavrov tried their best to engage the US diplomatically to solve the security issues and avoid war. Antony Blinken essentially told the Russians to go fuk themselves because we didn't give a dam about Russia's security concerns. With this record of US duplicity, why should Putin and Lavrov waste five minutes "negotiating" with the US? Just to be hoodooed again? Putin is winning this war, and Ukraine is collapsing. Putin will dictate terms of surrender to Zelensky, or whomever replaces him. The US will not be a factor. The US Congress can vote to send Ukraine another hundred billion dollars, but it will only prolong the war a few months while it will hasten the financial collapse of the US.

Thank you Senator Paul! We all know why they want to continue the war!

This guy is a liar. He doesn't want negotiations he wants perpetual wars. And he said as much.

The righteous indignation of this delusional and dangerous State Department official is astounding.

What about the Minsk agreements? EU/USA honour agreement only when it suits them.

If Putin is forced to choose between a humiliating defeat and escalating the destruction he will chose the latter? I think it's the opposite actually. It is us who have been escalating and it is us who are probably staring down the barrel of a humiliating defeat. And it is us also that will probably choose to escalate before accepting that we fucked up in Ukraine. There is very little evidence the Russia is weakened. Their military has grown to nearly 1 mil personnel. They started, back in Feb 2022, with 190k just to give you some perspective. Word is they'll grow that number to 1.5mil. They have centralized industrial base. Endless strategic resources that can be turned into war materiel. And last but not least, they have a high threshold for pain. These are the guys that dropped a million men in Stalingrad, shrug it off and then drove all the way to Berlin smashing the very best of Nazi armies along the way. These are the guys we picked a fight with? The state department and the white house, this generation anyway, are a bunch of dumb, arrogant, self serving cretins if they believe they will somehow walk away from this unscathed.

The money in Ukraine is paying alot of kickbacks to us politicians especially ol joe

Let's be clear. No one in the West is fighting this war to "win." There is no such effort. What that would entail is defeating the Russian military directly. Neither the US nor Europe has any stomach for that fight. More importantly, collectively, we don't have the industrial capacity for that fight. Right now, Russia is running a wartime economy. We aren't, nor can we. We've simply de-industrialized and shipped too much of that infrastructure to the third world. We couldn't fight this war if we wanted to. To be clear, no one wants to. The soldiers aren't chomping at the bit to go. The public doesn't support any such thing. There is no viable pathway to fight a war with nuclear armed Russia and win it. What that means is that Ukraine cannot win. All we're doing is perpetuating a war that should be over so Ukraine doesn't keep throwing men and materiel into a meatgrinder of artillery and drone-based weapons. $200 billion dollars, 500,000 Ukrainians dead, 3x that mangled and crippled for life, half of Ukraine's population is living as refugees scattered all over Europe right now, they're drafting women because they've run out of men to kidnap off the streets, and these aholes still have the audacity to talk about "winning." There is no "winning." If you want to win you bring overwhelming force to bear and you do it as quickly and efficiently as you can to minimize the damage and human suffering. You do exactly the opposite of what these grifters are suggesting. It's evil to just perpetuate a war for war's sake.

Rand Paul is spot on. Mitch McConnell recently was interviewed recently, he was giddy about the prospect of "rotating" old weapons and replacing them with new weapons. When does the rebuilding effort start? How much will we borrow to pay for that? How much will our Hedge funds extract from our borrowed money to do all of that??? You know Ackman and Blackrock are salivating at the prospect.

Senator Paul has smarts & wisdom...a rare commodity is Washington

I never heard Putin saying he will not talk till next year. That’s a lie! Lavrov said multiple times they are ready to talk but no one is talking

State Dept. official forgot to mention that Biden pressured Zelensky to reject two peace talk offers already when he was speaking about how many parties are required for talks. I'm sure that was a completely innocent omission.

Finding out how the big guy gets his 10% would be a great start 👍👍😁🇺🇸🇺🇸

Bless you Rand Paul

The track record of broken agreements?!? The Minsk agreements anyone? 🤪

Just out and out admitting to the greed of the military industrial complex

Listening to these state officials makes you think they are on another planet, another dimension!

We need to not get envolved in any wars...none at all unless we are attacked

Thank you, Rand Paul!!

I lost the thread when the State Department official stated the money “is needed to invest in energy and IT…” here we go again with a green New Deal approach - God help us all and save us from these fools! Sigh….

These are called, "Feel Good" meetings. Good folks like Rand speak the truth, try and hold people accountable, actually trying to get a cost of a action. And then the ilks of Lindsey Graham, Moscow Mitch, Biden and 80% of Congress, will make damn sure the status quo continues.

The money is to run Ukraine's gov not fight the war😉

The responses to the senator’s questions are beyond ridiculous and are full of mis-truths. In terms of Russia’s willingness to negotiate, the failed negotiations in Turkey are testaments to which side does and does not want to negotiate (hint: it was the Americans and their attack dogs the Brits who stopped the talks and continued the war). And could we please have a list of the agreements that Putin has broken? The US State Department is now the subject of near-worldwide scorn due to its ineffectiveness. Today’s representative of that group only adds to the scorn.

"Broken agreements" Israel and USA know all about that, dont they?

As long as there's money to be had, the war will continue - War Machine

Ukraine needs to worry about itself and the USA needs to focus on protecting Americans. It is not our job as taxpayers to police other countries

That IS the choice in front of us. Thank you Senator Paul.

My biggest hope for the next election isn't about the president, it's that the Republicans take the Senate so Senator Paul can have a leadership position, and then we can finally see something actually come out of these hearings.

War is a racket. The racket. 1000’s die as Nero fiddles. Sickening.

Why would Russia be interested, when they're winning the war. It is the side that is bleeding fastest and loosing that needs to make the effort to offer a deal that attracts the side that's ahead. That is diplomacy. I have never seen a diplomat with the kind of arrogance that this man exuded, speaking to a person that is over him in authority. Doubt very much that he can do anything worth while in diplomacy.

He sort of exposed his hand. You pretend to be winning or it's a 'stalemate' so you don't have to negotiate.

Thank you Senator Paul!!!!!

Once again Rand Paul's one of the minority voices of reason and wisdom!

Ukraine went back on agreements made with Russia concerning the Minsk agreement which started the whole conflict. This had been going on for years and Russia finally had enough. Black Sea grain deal fell through impart because they weren't allow access to the SWIFT banking system and the majority of grain was sent to EU instead of impoverished nations. So blaming russia for all your problems is BS. This whole war has cost EU memebers and their citizens greatly and yet the US is only concerned about the defense contractors. So sad

Russia has 750k active on the front lines. Another 750k in training with BTG ISR at division strength. We betrayed the Minks Accords, twice. We’ll be lucky if Putin stops at Berlin.

I don't think Ukraine war is a stalemate. It's lost. I noticed how carefully he couched his words. What a terrible game they play!

Zelenski even using "F" word towards Putin. What kind of negotiations do you expect from him?

The state department guy ignores the fact that in 2021, Biden refused to discuss Putin’s objections to the US-led expansion of Nato into eastern Europe and invitation to Ukraine to join. The Russian foreign minister Lavrov said in Geneva before the Russian invasion began that Ukraine joining Nato posed an existential problem for Russia yet Biden still ignored him. He could not have put it more strongly. For the State Department, a proxy war in Ukraine, which the US had armed and trained under Zelensky for the occasion, was seen as an opportunity to weaken Russia and its international credibility. The potentially - and now actually - disastrous consequences for the Ukrainian people were not a factor. The flaw in this strategy, as Paul said, was Putin’s nuclear veto if Russia risked defeat. In fact it never did despite the efforts of the Biden administration and the Western media to convince the US people otherwise. Putin quickly took what he wanted in Ukraine and is sitting on it to this day while awaiting for reality to dawn on Biden and Zelensky. It should be noted that there is no domestic threat to Putin’s power whatever the Western media pretend. In short, Biden gambled and got it wrong as Washington will eventually be forced to admit whatever some State Department hack says.The real reason Biden will not negotiate is that, because the war has been lost and Ukraine is still occupied, the US will do so from a position of weakness. Meanwhile, Zelensky is talking about recruiting women to the army to fight because he’s running out of men. Washington is wringing its hands about loss of life in Gaza while encouraging it in Ukraine.

Preach it Rand! As usual!

As always….Rand Paul is correct

No more US tax dollars to corrupt Ukraine. And no more stock trading for members of Congress or the bureaucracy that is associated with policy.

Ukraine lost the war. Over 500,000 dead soldiers and over 100,00 in critical condition. Also in last few months, every soldier sent to the front has called Russia and surrendered!

The hypocrisy of these people is beyond belief, and Paul calling them all out is priceless.

Like asking a homeless person If u can live with them !

Instead of politely asking questions at senate hearings, instead the Senate needs to issue sapeanas and press charges of war crimes against these war criminals. The U.S. deliberately started the war in Ukraine in the year 2014, and repeatedly refused to negotiate peace agreement offers from Russia. The U.S. admin started this war, escalated this war, is the aggressor, and continues to launder taxpayer money back to the military industrial complex via the appropriated war budgets. The U.S. started this war and is the aggressor here. So instead of politely asking questions at Senate hearings, instead the Senate needs to charge the State Dept admin with war crimes against humanity and charges of defrauding the U.S. taxpayers. The more I learn about our government the more I realize that the Republican Political Party is nothing more than "controlled opposition" pretending to care. Look, the Republicans can't even indict Biden with all the evidence already available, meanwhile the Dems have indicted Trump multiple times with a complete absence of ANY evidence against Trump. This is why the Republican Political Party is just "controlled opposition", only there to create a false perception to the voters that the voters have some choice in elections. All a lie. We live in a Failed State.

Putin waiting to talk to a president with a brain. GO TRUMP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

American diplomacy is the oxymoron.

I pray that Rand Paul runs for president in 2024. Senator Paul if you read these posts please know that a majority of Americans support you and your positions. 🇺🇸Rand Paul For President 2024!!🇺🇸

Come what may, Zelinsky is a billionaire

Rand Paul is SPOT ON. 👍🏻 Well done sir, keep it up. From Brett, in South Africa 💯

I remember when Russia started lining up and the media went ape shit with the hype.

US has to ensure Blackrock does not lose money in Ukraine.

Zelensky refuse peace talk..😂😂😂 what two party he is talking about??

'Russia won't talk' seems to have forgotten the nine years previous

Ok putin doesn't want to come the negotiation table ..... What about understanding and admitting and apologizing for the fact we the US did Not live up to our agreements to not expending Nato Does vthe US Ever going to apologys ???

Diplomacy and to negotiation will never happen when the losing side demands for an unconditional surrender and withdrawal of troops from the winning side… If this doesn’t make sense, I really don’t know what will…😂

What brand of washing machines for laundry did they get with our stolen tax? If they got a good one it could be years!

Negotiations? Ukraine could have had a better deal long ago and an even better deal before that. If they don’t wake up soon they are going to be negotiating with Gen. MacArthurkov on a ship.

Why do these politicians have ppl have the ppl who wrote there monologue sitting behind them?.....We are all doomed...........

What he's really saying is..'I just bought a shitload of stocks in War Stock" we really need this!? And hey, "Were helping out even yet more" because we're successfully making other people rich too!!

In Ukraine there is a law that forbid negotiation.

"I'm sorry if that's the way you want to frame it ... ", in other words, debt don't matter.

Paul the best!

It is actually Zelensky that said that he will not negotiate with Putin, until Russia completely withdraws all of its troops from Ukraine. Well, at that point, what would Russia be negotiating anyways? Doesn't make any sense.

Thank you, Sen. Paul

Russia offered a cease fire months ago and Ukraine refused it !

The State official clearly doesn't understand basic economics if he doesn't understand that fiscal spending is not productive, and he believes debt is a real investment when it doesn't even get paid by tax revenue. Much less understand that the budget deficit is at 2 trillion, and that the national debt is so high that the interest payment will soon reach a trillion once the debt rolls over. Not like he would care anyways, it's the people that become poorer.

Oh, and good on Rand Paul!

Uhm, it's quite mind blowing to hear these people say that Putin doesn't want to negotiate while the ukrianian nazi regime is screaming and kicking "no negotiation!!! War only!!" Like.....

Paul is the sharpest person in DC.

Every dollar borrowed for Ukraine costs us $2, the $1 we borrowed to give them plus the $1 we have to pay back.

Who is this guy????? I'm NOT impressed...

Love Rand Paul! Keep asking the questions!

excellent points senator rand

But defense secretary Ostin said Ukraine is advancing, they are taking their territory back from Russia and the Russians are losing big! If he said so we have to believe him! Right?

The dude behind Paul is tweaking bad. He's wired all the way baby !

Rand Paul, the only voice of reason in the Senate!

Just look at the guy behind Paul.............ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh We are getting played Folks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this guy talks EXACTLY like Mayorkas

Fix America. Fix America Fix America

Soooooooo...if we have to spend billions on Ukraine to keep from having to spend more on our defense at a later date then Let's spend those billions at our borders so we won't have to spend more at a later date ON OUR SOIL!

Zelenskyy signed a decree banning any negotiations with Russia. Putin has always held up his part of any negotiations it was nato and Zelenskyy that didn’t hold up their end of the deal

It’s all about the military war machine business & the political kickbacks & union ( democrat) jobs. War toys are a multi billion dollar business. As of lately ,democrats have garnered billions in the arms business, as if you didn’t already suspect that!

Bravo Rand Paul. Hold them to account.

World needs peace. Recession is already grippling.

War is America's primary business - we are the worlds largest arms dealer - and war is something that happens 'over there' so it doesn't really affect us... until it does

Love gives everything and requires nothing in return. love creates meaning for every particle in universe. it is the ultimate force

Well done, Senator Paul.

This Senator seems to have the right advisors on this issue.

One of Obama's classmates who never knew of or saw Obama at Columbia even though they graduated together on the same day both political science majors, both pre-law students in a class of 100-150 students. He said, "America’s decline under Obama isn’t due to mistake, ignorance, or incompetence at the hands of a community organizer. It’s a purposeful, brilliant plan hatched at Columbia University to destroy capitalism, American exceptionalism, Judeo-Christian values, and the American Dream." This was in 1983. He said: "My classmates hated America. They spoke with glee about one day "taking the system down." They blamed America for “unfairness, racism, inequality, and lack of social justice.” I remember in 1984, Pakistan had encouraged their men to take up flying, learn to fly and go to the USA. 1984 is the year no one can find Obama. He had traveled with his 'friend' first to Moscow, then to Pakistan. Pakistan had blocked USA Visa Citizens so what passport did he use to get into Pakistan. Same one he used to go to Occidental College in Cali? He further said, My classmates hated America. They spoke with glee about one day "taking the system down." They blamed America for “unfairness, racism, inequality, and lack of social justice.” My classmates proudly called themselves socialists, communists, and Marxists. Even though almost all of them came from wealthy families (or perhaps because of it), they hated the rich and despised business owners. They talked about how the “white power structure” had to be dismantled, business owners bankrupted, and capitalism destroyed. Everything in their minds was based on “social justice.” It's all about about lying to coverup the Marxist agenda of destroying the middle class, redistributing wealth, and putting big government in control of our every move.

Rand Paul!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meeting with 66 countries, not Russia though 😏

NEVER ASK A POLITICIAN A DIRECT QUESTION.

Thank you Senator for the question

Where is the US going to get money to attack Russia? The appearance of Treasury Bond selling as they used to, appears to have hit an all time low? The US Treasury last encountered economic stress like this during the Colonial Conflict that was sponsored in Southeast Asia. We since then adopted Fiat Dollars that now appear to lack any real support.