Posted on 03/05/2022 8:37:13 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke Saturday morning with a bipartisan group of US senators and House members via Zoom to plead for additional American help for his besieged country.
“Zelensky thanked the US for assistance, and asked for additional security help,” a Senate source told The Post.
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Ten percent for the big guy.
I remember when 10 bil was a lot of money.
These days any self respecting oligarch makes that much a year.
Wanna bet very little will do what it’s supposed to do?
We should take in every Ukrainian widow with kids. Let churches sponsor them. Deport every illegal with a DUI misdemeanor.
We gave the Taliban over $80 billion in weapons. $10 billion is a drop in the bucket.
Gonna boomerang right back to our politicians.
You can kiss most of that money goodby in shipping it off to the Ukrainian kleptocracy. Send them canned food and diapers, not green dollars.
You repeat yourself.
The only thing Congress knows how to do, rape the American taxpayer.
That’s nothing! When the Warsaw Pact fell we were subsidizing 15 freeloader European countries. Now there are 30 freeloaders with 5 more on the way. Want to guess who’s going to fund the new generational Cold War arms race (which this is a tiny, tiny part of) in Eastern Europe? That’s right, YOU!
Let me be the first to say “And 10% for the Big Guy.” </sarcasm>
Any money spent on weapons for Ukraine is money being flushed down the toilet. Russia is going to win the war unless we and NATO want a war with the Russians, which would be an incredibly bad idea.
In his three years in office Zelensky has acquired over $1.3 billion in personal wealth. He must be a very sharp trader.
https://twitter.com/julija9j/status/1500106603894394884?s=10
Jan 24, 2022 -
Politics & Policy
How much the U.S. has spent on aid to Ukraine
Stef W. Kight, Axios
Data: ForeignAssistance.gov; Chart: Baidi Wang/Axios
The United States has committed an increasing amount of foreign assistance to Ukraine over the years — with no other European or Eurasian nation receiving more since 2015, according to data from ForeignAssistance.gov.
The big picture: When it comes to military support in particular, the U.S. committed to more than $600 million just last year — and more than $2.7 billion since 2014. With the current threat from Russia, Ukraine — and Congress — are now pushing for more.
Driving the news: A second shipment of U.S. arms arrived in Ukraine on Sunday.
The weapons were part of the $200 million authorized by President Biden in December, separate from the $400 million that had already been obligated last year.
The U.S. also recently authorized NATO countries to transfer weapons to Ukraine that were originally made in the U.S.
Up to 8,500 U.S. troops are on “heightened alert” and prepared to deploy to help NATO in Eastern Europe if needed, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on Monday.
What to watch: The Ukrainian military has improved since 2014, but it would still be no match for a full-scale Russian invasion, writes Axios’ Zachary Basu.
The U.S. and its allies are hoping Western arms and training — in addition to the threat of sanctions — will help deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from invading.
Hillary gave him some excellent advice on cattle futures (showing my age).
And how do we know where the guns will wind up? I might do it if I could personally hand one to someone in Ukraine, but I’m not there.
Now, if someone wants to send a few Ukrainian kids to my house, I’d be happy to babysit for a few years.
Just don’t give them to Wesley Clark to escort here. Lord knows where they’d wind up.
Which are the only kind of ideas our swamp creatures ever have.
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