What I find curious is why the US doesn’t send the missiles directly. The UK has them under license and can’t transfer them to Ukraine without explicit US consent.
What I find curious is why the US doesn’t send the missiles directly.
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What I find curious is the large amount of “ F” model Javelins Ivan captured.Our F models are the latest models, specifically specified as prohibited from export. The Ukies were to receive the older models.
Truckloads of F Model Javelins were captured by Russian paratroopers around Mariupol, put on display, and not a word from western MSM or Pentagon. Something stinks.
Some of it may just be bookkeeping 'sleight of hand'. The feds may have budget money available, or export paperwork pre-approved, for sending money/weapons to Country A but not Country B. So, some fed bureaucrat makes arrangements with Country A, for Country A to send the money/weapons to Country B, and Uncle Sam ships replacements to Country A.
Bottom line, the American taxpayers don't have a clue how many tens of billions of dollars are being pissed away on this war, out of various budgets throughout the federal government, and - given the history of Biden family "business dealings" and Ukrainian corruption - you can bet that a large part of the money & weapons will end up in private hands...