Posted on 05/08/2022 6:51:40 PM PDT by elpadre
Russia’s war on Ukraine has, among many other things, highlighted a consequential, indeed historic, shift taking place in American politics with regard to foreign policy.
A recent vote in the House of Representatives helps tell the tale. On April 28, Congress voted by an overwhelming majority of 417-10 to pass Republican Senator John Cornyn’s bill that would revive Lend Lease and apply it to Ukraine.
As is well known, Lend Lease was the brainchild of Franklin D Roosevelt as a way to get around the series of Neutrality Acts passed by Congress in the 1930s, in order to help supply the British war effort against Nazi Germany.
One might be forgiven for wondering if such legislation is really necessary today; after all, according to numbers released by the State Department, the US has provided more than $6.4 billion in “security assistance” to Ukraine since 2014. And last week President Joe Biden put forward a request for another $20.4 billion in “additional security and military assistance” as part of a $33 billion aid package to Ukraine.
So what was the actual point of reviving Lend Lease? Well, it was in part, as is the case with many things that happen on Capitol Hill, performative: a way to signal to US arms manufacturers that constitute much of the political donor class that the money spigot will remain wide open for the foreseeable future.
(Excerpt) Read more at asiatimes.com ...
and more:
“...Some progressive commentators can barely conceal their enthusiasm for American involvement. Here is the chickenhawk founding editor of the progressive magazine American Prospect, Robert Kuttner:
“It is appalling that the West keeps lionizing Zelensky, giving him standing ovations after he addresses national parliaments, but denying him what he needs to save his country.
“What does he need? He needs warplanes.
“Sooner or later, NATO will have to give Ukraine planes powerful enough to annihilate Russia’s invading armies. It might as well be sooner.”....”
“Congress voted by an overwhelming majority of 417-10”
10 were GOP who did not get their checks from the deep state.
War, war, war, haven’t the emotional brain dead cheerleaders learned from Bosnia, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, anything? Supporting this war is a no brainer support for Senile Joe….it will not end well for us.
Democrats don’t want to lose their money laundering country
yes, and as for the military industrial cabal who own Congress, the writer said, “the money spigot will remain wide open for the foreseeable future.”
The Democrats are supplying Ukraine because they want their dirty dealings in Ukraine to remain covered up.
The Democrats don’t care about the Ukrainians.
We have had 6 months of peace in the last 20 years. The left, who protested the Vietnam War vociferously in the 60s and 70s, is chomping at the bit to get us embroiled in yet another war on the other side of the world. This one, however, could be the death of us all. These warmongers, including on FreeRepublic, should be ashamed of themselves!
I don’t care if some dumbass FReepers cite the majority in Congress as voting for this, because it’s a dumbass thing to do. Like many here, I’m not running over the cliff with the herd.
If I’m to be 1 against 100, metaphorically, so be it.
Bring 100 body bags; they’re gonna need ‘em.
Agreed, but I'm ready to open door #2 beyond mere labels.
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