So, is John Deere thinking of sending tractors to the Ukraine?

[Baitball Blogger]

Wouldn't that be a slap in Putin's face?

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1. Why, to haul away Russian tanks?

They need more weapons first.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Of course they do.

But, I don't know of weapons made by John Deere. And there is nothing more humiliating to Putin than to see Ukrainian villagers on a tractor laughing their asses off while they cart away a Russian tank.

[PortTack]

5. russian invaders are looting and destroying farm equipment!

The crop needs to be planted, and the Ukrainian farmers want to plant it!

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7. That's fine. Weapons needed to push Russian troops...

out first. John Deere can perhaps join the lobbying effort for weapons of air superiority as the sooner the Russians are ousted the sooner the farmers can get back to unfettered farming.

[PortTack]

9. There's a very limited window for planting crops..they need their farm equipment now!

Starvation is just another tool of war that needs to be stopped.

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19. Good points. Let's do both.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Funnier still.

What a quandary they must be in. Their tractor supports the Ukrainian side.

[LakeArenal]

8. Everyone in WI has a John Deere something

We aren’t nearly all GOP. John Deeres have already been seen in Ukraine. I’ve even seen them working on Chateaus in France.

They are the best farm and yard equipment.

Very unmistakably US.

[LakeArenal]

11. I am in Central America. But my native home is WI.

One of my biggest regrets is not sending one of our two John Deere lawn tractors here instead of our car.

It’s not like we’ve cut ties with WI.

[LakeArenal]

14. CR has no lawn tractors. They weed whack lawns here.

Also my tractor can climb a mountain.

Cycles and ATVs are costly here. Insurance on a motor cycle is expensive. More so than cars.

Whereas I could actually ride a lawn tractor on the road here. Far enough to the nearest pueblo for milk tho.

[LakeArenal]

16. Ah... but they do have military alliances.

Since US has cut aid to CR the Chinese have stepped up. China is popular here with Ticos The real beauty of Costa Rica is it has no resources any country covets. No oil, not the best minerals.
Ignored by Spanish because of it. That is why we are so eco friendly and unspoiled. Ecology wise and population wise.

The little Switzerland.

[LakeArenal]

18. Think what you want. The clout CR has is consumer.

Small countries consume lots of imported goods.

Tico car parts all come from Asia. That’s why we regret brining our car whose parts came from Mexico. The parts are not interchangeable.

US has sent its factories to China (and Mexico) That has been the US problem.

[xmas74]

21. John Deere employees are also union.

And I know lots of farmers who are redredred but very in favor of helping Ukraine.

It's all about messaging.

[ret5hd]

6. Are you trying to start a nuclear war?

Talk about escalation!!!

[Baitball Blogger]

12. LOL!

[Model35mech]

20. Russia welcomes this atrocity! They will transform Chechnyan agriculture.

No more little red-star tractors!