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To: kiryandil

Ah, so now you include the whole lot of you as vastly overstating the depletion of US weapons inventories?

I mean, generally I don’t lump isolationists or those who are simply mad because Trump got screwed in 2020, with actual pro-Pooty posters, but if you insist...

Now, make no mistake - I would not be shocked if 10% of the financial aid to Ukraine in 2022 got siphoned off by corruption. But at least the bulk of that aid was from the Euros, not us. And the mere fact that the Ukies have not collapsed tells me most of that aid is going where intended.

Weapons - there just isn’t any reliable info. to prove much if any of the big expensive stuff sent is being stolen and resold. Maybe 2-3% overall of the weapons are? More would show. I mean, what do you do in a situation like this, with a stolen Bradley? Drive it to Romania and try to hawk it? Are you kidding?

It’s war, you have losses, those are so far acceptable, and the mood in the US House of Rep. seems to be to add some watchfulness, which I support. Minimizing losses, to make the entire operation of stopping Putin more efficient, is a good thing. :-)


63 posted on 03/09/2023 8:06:58 PM PST by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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To: Paul R.

Stay in your lane, Paulie.


64 posted on 03/09/2023 9:01:12 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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