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1 posted on 01/18/2023 9:30:14 PM PST by Zhang Fei
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Ukraine ping

Pace the excitable WaPo columnists’ verbiage, this instalment of the aid package authorized last year is by no means “massive”, but certainly better than nothing. According to The Drive, the total vehicles delivered from the US inventory so far include “1,300 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs) or Humvees, 300 M113 Armored Personnel Carriers and 527 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs)”. That’s the reason for the increasing # of Humvee and M113 videos from the front lines. Not the latest gear, but warms the heart to see them put to good use.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/this-is-what-stryker-armored-vehicles-could-bring-to-the-fight-in-ukraine

One Stryker variant includes a turreted 105mm main gun similar to the AMX-10, although it’s not clear whether this model will be sent to Ukraine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1128_Mobile_Gun_System


2 posted on 01/18/2023 9:30:58 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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3 posted on 01/18/2023 9:33:13 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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Don’t forget the fabric softener.


4 posted on 01/18/2023 9:35:10 PM PST by Allegra
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The only massive package in DC these days is meant to screw over the American citizen.


5 posted on 01/18/2023 9:36:03 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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How long before Russia just attacks us directly. We are at war with them. I don’t give a S*** what anyone else says.


7 posted on 01/18/2023 9:44:53 PM PST by Newbomb Turk
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This is why they found TS documents in Biden’s garage and every other place he has. Leverage to pump in more money to the WAR MACHINE.


8 posted on 01/18/2023 9:45:41 PM PST by Dogbert41 (Baruch Ha Ba Ba Shem Adonai!)
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Screw ‘em! We’re broke, and in hock up to our eyeballs.

Let the Euroweenies fund “Hollywood” Zzzelllinskkyyy’s kleptocrat state, if they want it.


10 posted on 01/18/2023 9:47:50 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Truth is not hate speech.)
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https://mises.org/library/living-reality-military-economic-fascism

Can’t wait for Yaweah to stop this.


20 posted on 01/18/2023 10:16:38 PM PST by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite prayer warriors. 10.5.6.5)
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Washington Post. CIA. Billions to Ukraine. Billions more to Ukraine. CIA Washington Post. Billions to Ukraine. Repeat After Me.

Next to NY Times, WAPO is the most egregious psyop propaganda rag in the world. They publish this nonsense to try to normalize it. It is not normal. This money is going to pay for the Brandon Putin Military Industrial Complex Grifter War On Freedom.

The USA has no strategic interest whatsoever in Ukraine. None.


22 posted on 01/18/2023 10:19:57 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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All that wasted money.

I want hardening of the power and water supply grids against sabotage and EMP attacks.

I want reduction of wasteful spending that pushes the national debt ceiling.

I want our money spent for our citizens (not illegals) here.


29 posted on 01/18/2023 10:33:01 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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NO


32 posted on 01/18/2023 10:40:54 PM PST by HollyB
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How much unaccounted for money and weapons are we going to send to Ukraine? The list of some of the things we are funding for that nation reads like a list of funding usually given to democrat controlled cities in the U.S. We are funding their D.E.I. initiatives for goodness sakes!


39 posted on 01/18/2023 10:47:38 PM PST by CFW (old and retired)
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We don’t user the M-60 any more but we made 15,000 of them. Pull them off the used car lot and send them to Ukraine.


45 posted on 01/18/2023 11:07:45 PM PST by Lee Enfield (Candy Corn (nobody says anything sweet anymore))
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Looks like the previous military aid is put to good use.

Ukrainian Armed Forces killed 820 Russian soldiers and shot down 1 aircraft on 17 January

Ukrainian Armed Forces killed 760 Russian soldiers and destroyed 6 tanks and 1 helicopter on 18 January

51 posted on 01/18/2023 11:18:11 PM PST by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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Ongoing work with identifying supply chains behind the following (from earlier this month).

Ukraine finds components from at least 13 US companies in a single Iranian drone

53 posted on 01/18/2023 11:21:50 PM PST by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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"U.S. readies another massive military package for Ukraine"

Is biden replacing any of the hardware he's giving away or is he leaving that job to the next Republican administration, if there is one, and to resort to spitballs if there is not.
62 posted on 01/19/2023 12:12:14 AM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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63 posted on 01/19/2023 12:31:51 AM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (I am a lesbian trapped in a man's body... gives me more rights. )
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Russian “Dragons Teeth” are a joke - they are not anchored and can easily be pushed aside.


70 posted on 01/19/2023 4:03:25 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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The training required to become proficient in Combined Arms Warfare is immense. One cannot climb aboard an M1, Bradley, or Striker turn the key on, and go fight. Combined arms warfare requires the integration of Combat, Combat Support, and Combat Service Support operations. It would take years to make uninitiated soldiers capable of conducting those operations.


73 posted on 01/19/2023 5:27:43 AM PST by timza ( “Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual" T. Roosevelt)
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