“I’m against this. We’re supposed to be for America First, not draining military supplies for other countries(the ol’ Democrat trick).”
I’m still at a loss to see why ending the Ukraine War and instead building up our military to be ready to deal with China, if need be, is such a bad thing. It’s almost like these clowns obsessed with Ukraine actually want to CEDE THE PACIFIC to China, which is what will end up happening if we get drawn-in to Ukraine much deeper.
As it is, now Taiwan or Japan or some other FRIEND of the United States won’t be getting that Patriot System and instead it will spend a month or so in Ukraine before getting destroyed, like the rest of them that we sent there.
“I’m still at a loss”
Because the Communist bloc of today still consists of the same countries as yesterday, beginning with Russia and China, who are allies.
We are lucky Ukraine did not collapse right away, because Russia would be pushing on Europe right now (as they’ve been threatening for years, and still to today), allowing China a free hand in Taiwan.
That said, Russia might still attack Europe soon anyway, since they’ve been building up forces in Kaliningrad for more than a year, hundreds of military transport trucks lined up on roads aimed into Poland, stockpiles of thousands of missiles, large numbers of strike aircraft and bombers, and up to 250,000 troops, all accelerating in numbers this year. NATO sources fear a Russian attack on the Suwalki gap sometime this year, possibly during the military exercises scheduled in the Fall.
A lot of the “draining” is weapons that are past their use by date and would have to be dismantled at taxpayer expense.