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The Bizarre, Unanimous Dem Support for the $40b War Package to Raytheon and CIA: "For Ukraine"
Greenwald ^ | 5/14/2022 | Glen Greenwald

Posted on 05/14/2022 5:10:35 AM PDT by KeyLargo

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To: olezip

“The Democrats repeat the same failed policies expecting different results. Is that not the definition of “stupid?”

Gee, that’s exactly what Republicans do.


41 posted on 05/14/2022 7:53:56 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: suthener

Hey it’s for war, itemization only figures in for the results of the war. Never mind the fact we are already spending multi-billions more (Maybe hundreds) under the table by using military tech (Some probably not even Janes weekly defense magazine even knows about) helping with whatever plan Russia is messing up with the invasion and all that. Interesting times, yay!


42 posted on 05/14/2022 8:06:54 AM PDT by rollo tomasi
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To: Mariner
Yep, when it comes to grifting off of defense contracts, DC is a one Party town.
43 posted on 05/14/2022 8:09:01 AM PDT by rollo tomasi
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To: Drew68
He wasn't outspending the Soviets during record high gas prices and inflation.

Those first couple of years saw high inflation.

44 posted on 05/14/2022 8:12:25 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: KeyLargo

Ukraine is NOT on the threshold of victory. Many of their forces are surrounded and cut off from food and ammunition. Russia will not sit idly and watch military support pour into Ukraine. They will blow up every form of weaponry as it enters the country.

If Ukraine is doing so well why does the $40 billion have to flood into the country by NEXT WEEK?

This $40 billion is probably a last-gasp source of kickbacks to be hauled in by crooked American politicians.

You may recall Afghanistan had billions of dollars of U.S. weapons and equipment, years of U.S. training and massive military infrastructure WE built and still folded like a cheap suit in the blink of an eye.

The idea Ukraine can prevail against Russia is preposterous.

There is no place for Russia to go and they will NEVER surrender anything.

Even Sun-tzu warned never to trap an enemy with no means of retreat. Every warrior will fight to the death with the strength of TEN WARRIORS. That fight, in the case of Russia, could easily become nuclear.

The idea that a backwater, thoroughly corrupt place like Ukraine could extinguish much life on planet Earth, in a nuclear war, is pure madness. Ukraine has NO strategic value to the United States of America and is nothing but an organized crime syndicate and money laundering operation for crooked American politicians.

Nobody in charge in America gives a damn about the poor Ukrainian people or they would press for a negotiated solution.


45 posted on 05/14/2022 8:16:18 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: KeyLargo

Well my stock in Boeing and Raytheon have dropped over the last 60 days. If they are investing in these companies the stock should be up.


46 posted on 05/14/2022 8:58:52 AM PDT by ncfool (Joe Biden USSA.. United Socialist state of aMeriKa...... 11.3.2020 - President in waiting Kama-la-la)
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To: Gnome1949

Well-said, wholehearted agreement bump!


47 posted on 05/14/2022 9:07:32 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: KeyLargo

“ The extreme speed with which this was all approved means there is little to no oversight over how the funds will be spent, who will profit and how much, and what the effects will be for Ukraine and the world.”

That’s the way crooks like it so there’s no accountability and they fill their pockets with kickback loot 🤪


48 posted on 05/14/2022 9:12:06 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Chainmail

100% agree. We need remove these greedy malfeasance and actually have a Republic.


49 posted on 05/14/2022 9:18:19 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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To: TTFlyer

Did you actually refer to me as a “chicken hawk”? Really?

Check out my bio before rolling out the insults, Bub.


50 posted on 05/14/2022 10:00:25 AM PDT by Chainmail (Harrassment, to be effective, must be continuous.)
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To: Chainmail
our current successes in targeting

We've stupidly entered into a hot war against the second most deadly military in history. Unlike the Afghani, who just humiliated America, the Russians can shoot back, and nuke any Democrat voter concentration off the map.

One political observation is robots aren't counted as soldiers. Had we built out an army of ground robots, we could have sent them into Ukraine rather than the $40 billion.

Not only are armored tanks obsolete, but so are human artillery shell catchers. Hopefully the Ukrainian amateur artillery catchers don't run out before they've blasted through our $40 billion in borrowed money.

51 posted on 05/14/2022 10:05:45 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: Reeses

What language are you actually fluent in? What is an “amateur artillery shell catcher?”

Unlike you, I have about 40 years in actual military experience, so you should translate your odd phraseology.


52 posted on 05/14/2022 10:18:00 AM PDT by Chainmail (Harrassment, to be effective, must be continuous.)
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To: Gnome1949

Thanks for posting that. Well said. Logic is too hard for some of the good folks on FR. But your effort is admirable.


53 posted on 05/14/2022 10:19:01 AM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: Chainmail

Dear Chainmail,
The Pentagon has lots of peeps with a similar record as you claim. Some of them have risen to very high levels. Lots of them are dopes. So your bonafides (or claims thereof) are just sawdust at the moment.


54 posted on 05/14/2022 10:23:44 AM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: Pollard

https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-bizarre-unanimous-dem-support-426?utm_source=email&s=r
This is what I got via email. I’m not a paid subscriber, so


55 posted on 05/14/2022 10:49:20 AM PDT by tinamina
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To: KeyLargo

And many here are right on-board with their Democrat brethren.


56 posted on 05/14/2022 10:56:32 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: tinamina

That I can see all of. I probably have it in email too. Don’t understand or approve of the gay thing but he is a smart person. I managed to get through Tucker’s one hour interview of Greenwald. Can be found on bitchute.


57 posted on 05/14/2022 11:02:02 AM PDT by Pollard (Don't ask if there's a conspiracy. If you're not in one, you need to start one. CA Fitts)
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To: School of Rational Thought
The Soviet union bankrupted itself.

Looking at Russia's current military efficacy, it's starting to look like all that Cold War blood and treasure was a colossal waste.

58 posted on 05/14/2022 11:02:51 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: Honest Nigerian

And you join a long line of ungrateful know-it-all’s and poseurs on the Freerepublic.

I could care less of your opinions, since we haven’t heard anything of you military record. Not likely to either, are we?

Do pound sand, Bub.


59 posted on 05/14/2022 11:12:35 AM PDT by Chainmail (Harrassment, to be effective, must be continuous.)
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To: KeyLargo

Greenwald could have answered his own question about why the dims are doing this with three words:

Donald. J. Trump.

They actually think that by supporting Ukraine, they are attacking Trump.

I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is.


60 posted on 05/14/2022 1:24:26 PM PDT by nicollo
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