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Ten Myths about US Aid to Ukraine
Hudson Institute ^ | Octrober 20, 2022 | Luke Coffey

Posted on 12/11/2022 7:27:44 AM PST by Widget Jr

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A little reality about US aid to Ukraine, amid the hyperbolic hysteria.

Comments, questions, angry gnashing of teeth?

1 posted on 12/11/2022 7:27:44 AM PST by Widget Jr
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To: Widget Jr

Post it at DU and you’ll get the bum attention you seek.


2 posted on 12/11/2022 7:33:30 AM PST by Fairhairedboy (MAGA)
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To: Widget Jr

Excellent article stating the truth. Thanks for posting!


3 posted on 12/11/2022 7:37:44 AM PST by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: Widget Jr

The biggest industries in the US are expensive overrated weapons and fake news. It can’t survive on that any longer and it won’t.


4 posted on 12/11/2022 7:40:15 AM PST by Chunga85 (An arrogant govt combined with an ignorant population is a recipe for disaster.)
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To: Widget Jr
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5 posted on 12/11/2022 7:42:21 AM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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Interesting information......if any of it is true. Words in a bill about accountability don’t mean much when we are talking about reporting to congress ( both parties are aways way behind the curve ).

As long as we choose to lead from behind, this endeavor will last longer and cost more than necessary.

If we are going to fight, we should fight with both hands, furiously, and win. That means US jets and rockets pounding the living shit out of Russia. Escalation to annihilation, complete victory and complete humiliation of the aggressor.


6 posted on 12/11/2022 7:43:53 AM PST by SteelPSUGOP
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It seems to me there are are a number of items listed here as myths that are really subjects of legit debate and disagreement. Just because you disagree does not make it a myth. Seems more like let’s make up a strawman and then attack it.


7 posted on 12/11/2022 7:43:57 AM PST by Dartoid
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How much aid has gone to hurricane ravaged Florida?


8 posted on 12/11/2022 7:45:13 AM PST by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: Timber Rattler
Excellent article stating the truth.

I spoke too soon. I forgot about the Rattler. And I'm sure the Chins will nose his way in soon.


9 posted on 12/11/2022 7:46:51 AM PST by Fairhairedboy (MAGA)
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“There is no evidence that weapons are going missing.”

Screenshots of weapons on black market websites; Telegram videos of some Ukrainian soldiers complaining about certain weapons going missing; Vadym Melnyk, Director of Ukraine’s Bureau of Economic Security, admitted in June to Ukraine24 that weapons and aid had been sold; etcetera.

“Furthermore, the issues of US support to Ukraine, the horrific and chaotic situation at the southern border, and the shortage of baby formula are not connected issues.”

Money to one is money which can’t go to another. It also signals DC’s priorities when Ukraine received so much uniparty support, yet trying to get anything done for the Southern border is like pulling teeth.

I could go on.


10 posted on 12/11/2022 7:51:07 AM PST by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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The biggest industries in the US are expensive overrated weapons and fake news. It can’t survive on that any longer and it won’t.

Sounds like you hate America!

11 posted on 12/11/2022 7:51:13 AM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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“That means US jets and rockets pounding the living shit out of Russia.”

You are omitting one very important fact. Russia has weapons of their own, lots and lots of them, and will fight back. They are in the process of military shoving the terms of Minsk II, and then some, right up the collective west’s ass right now.

What you say might make for a fun Hollywood movie, and repetitive FR banter, but not much else.


12 posted on 12/11/2022 7:51:31 AM PST by Chunga85 (An arrogant govt combined with an ignorant population is a recipe for disaster.)
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“For Americans who believe in strong and secure national borders, the primacy of national sovereignty..”

So no one in our government then.

L


13 posted on 12/11/2022 7:52:06 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: joe fonebone
How much aid has gone to hurricane ravaged Florida?

Military aid? Probably not a ton of HIMARS systems. Disaster assistance? $3.3 billion for Hurricane Ian so far. Not sure how much for Nicole.

14 posted on 12/11/2022 7:54:59 AM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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“Sounds like you hate America!”

I reject and condemn the idea that knowing right from wrong is “anti-american”. What I hate is people like you urging for idiotic behavior that benefits no one. Over and over again.


15 posted on 12/11/2022 7:55:48 AM PST by Chunga85 (An arrogant govt combined with an ignorant population is a recipe for disaster.)
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To: Timber Rattler

With the exception of strong and secure national borders when referring to the US.


16 posted on 12/11/2022 7:55:49 AM PST by pas
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They are in the process of military shoving the terms of Minsk II, and then some, right up the collective west’s ass right now.

While they defend military bases increasingly close to Moscow?

17 posted on 12/11/2022 7:56:17 AM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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I reject and condemn the idea that knowing right from wrong is “anti-american”. What I hate is people like you urging for idiotic behavior that benefits no one. Over and over again.

"I'm not anti-American, I just hate America and the people who live in it!"

18 posted on 12/11/2022 7:57:30 AM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Widget Jr

Thanks for posting. No. 9 is critical to me - it’s the correct answer to those who claim we have no national interest at stake.


19 posted on 12/11/2022 7:57:50 AM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Alter Kaker

“I’m not anti-American, I just hate America and the people who live in it!”

Not all of them. People like you, I do hate. Prepare yourself for a huge dose of humility because life outside of your “Fox and Friends” safe space is going to be difficult and that’s fine with me.


20 posted on 12/11/2022 8:01:12 AM PST by Chunga85 (An arrogant govt combined with an ignorant population is a recipe for disaster.)
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