Posted on 02/05/2023 9:14:31 PM PST by AirForceVet1988
Netanyahu is using very bad judgement, I hope he changes his mind.
Yes, this plan is a way to disarm Israel
They should not send any of their iron domes.
Just like we are disarming the USA by sending so much munitions out of our supply—which already is dangerously low.
While some of the high up political Uke ppl are buying mansions in Sweden or one of those countries. Russian oligarchs are selling the properties to them.
One Ukraine official drives to his mansion in a Lamborghini
They are still corrupt.
USA is stupid to not audit them while sending them Billions $$$.
There is no plan to disarm Israel. Ukraine is asking for Iron Dome, Israel can refuse if they can not spare any or no one can pay for it.
"Just like we are disarming the USA by sending so much munitions out of our supply—which already is dangerously low."
Critics of sending aid are reading into statements what they want to hear. What the US and NATO are sending can get replaced faster than what Russia is losing. Ukraine's allies are beginning to increase munitions production. Russia's ability to produce new tanks, planes and artillery was based on foreign parts that are no longer available. The main Russian tank plant at Uralvagonzavod stopped producing new vehicles at the end of March. They best they can do is refurbish existing tanks with available parts, while 50 year old T-62s are getting pulled from storage yards. Russia can produce around 20 KH-100 series cruise missiles month, not new tanks or planes. Putin can either order the Russian army out or weapons keep going to Ukraine.
"One Ukraine official drives to his mansion in a Lamborghini"
False. Newspunch is a well known fake news site. If they say it, it is either fake, clickbait, or copying someone else's story.“High-ranking Ukrainian officials caught splurging on luxury real estate in Switzerland.”
A headline from Newspunch, a site that has spread misinformation in the past, states: "High-ranking Ukrainian officials caught splurging on luxury real estate in Switzerland.""USA is stupid to not audit them while sending them Billions $$$."But the documents are fake. The Land Registry Oberland in Bern, Switzerland, keeps records about properties in Gstaad. Adrian Mühlematter, the Land Registry Oberland’s managing land registry administrator, told PolitiFact that the documents about the Ukrainian officials were forgeries.
Mühlematter sent us an article from the Swiss German-language newspaper Berner Zeitung that said the claim began with a blogger loyal to the Kremlin, who tweets in German under the alias Gagarin. A Berner Zeitung reporter discovered that the documents were forged because they contain inconsistencies, including land registry property numbers that do not match the addresses and identifying numbers that have insufficient digits.
Not True. Oversight and accounting were key parts of every Ukraine appropriations. Much of the value is the total value of what is given, not expenditures. The money that is spent going to suppliers of weapons, vehicles, munitions and humanitarian aid outside of Ukraine, not to Zelensky first. Ten Myths about US Aid to Ukraine
Myth 1: There is not enough oversight of US aid to Ukraine.Reality: There has likely never been more accountability or transparency measures in place for US foreign assistance than what is available for Ukraine aid. Take the biggest (and most controversial) supplemental from last May, which allocated $40.1 billion. This bill was 699 lines long. Of these, 110 lines dealt with accountability, transparency, and reporting requirements. Therefore, 16 percent of the bill's text was dedicated to oversight. May's bill also included 16 separate reporting requirements to the US Congress for the Department of Defense, Department of State, US Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Department of the Treasury. To date, the three Ukraine supplementals have allocated an additional $14 million for the Inspectors General of the Department of Defense, Department of State, and USAID to increase oversight. There is plenty of accountability and oversight. Those who argue that there is not enough have failed to outline in detail what additional oversight is needed.
So, no corruption in Ukraine?
When did it stop?
***What the US and NATO are sending can get replaced faster than what Russia is losing***
It’s not about Russia, its about China.
They are our most important enemy.
It will take years to replenish what we have been giving to Ukraine.
Plus Biden likes us to be weapons deficient.
He will slow walk any military buildup.
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