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To: marcusmaximus
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21 posted on 11/16/2022 5:01:36 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything. )
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Minor corrections:

The $37.7 billion doesn’t begin until some time in 2023. For that matter, the $40 billion will be far from being spent in 2022.

The aid so far also contains quite a bit of non-military aid to Ukraine (which IMO should at most be provided as a loan [with interest] to the EU which can then aid Ukraine as it sees fit.)

That “33% more” is from last year - Putin has raised Russia’s defense budget for 2023 by 43%. (Estimates of actual expenditures for 2022 vary wildly.)

Deterrence in the 1st place would have been much preferable.


44 posted on 11/16/2022 5:36:43 PM PST by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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