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Ukraine to Allies: Please Give us One Per Cent of Your GDP to Fight Russia
Breitbart ^ | 05/09/2023 | OLIVER JJ LANE

Posted on 05/09/2023 6:19:16 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

One per cent of Western Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a worthy sacrifice to defeat Russia and is dwarfed by what America spent to beat Nazi Germany, says a Ukraine spokesman.

Ukraine very much appreciates the near-$37 billion the United States is already giving in military aid but more — much more, in fact — is needed, a Ukrainian diplomat now working as a full-time procurer of military equipment has said.

Andrij Melnyk, who is becoming well known beyond the borders of Ukraine for his persistent campaigning to push the envelope on military donations to Ukraine and being one of the loudest voices demanding larger numbers of tanks, Western jets, and even warships, made the comments on a German television political show this week, where he said Western nations had to cross their own “red lines” to send more equipment. The former ambassador to Germany, now Ukrainian government minister, said “this will not be an easy undertaking, but a Herculean task”.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: allies; gdp; russia; ukraine
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HOW ABOUT NO! I am so tired of Ukraine and Russia.
1 posted on 05/09/2023 6:19:16 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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ESAD, Zelensky.


2 posted on 05/09/2023 6:20:11 AM PDT by dinodino ( )
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Would be cheaper just to give russians money to leave


3 posted on 05/09/2023 6:21:57 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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So now it’s only $37,000,000,000? I thought it was around $100 billion. Where’s the rest of it, Joke? Did you give it to Hunter to “invest?”


4 posted on 05/09/2023 6:23:17 AM PDT by Prince of Space (Let’s Go, Brandon! )
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Maybe they can get Sarah McLachlan to do PETA type commercials to make the pitch.
5 posted on 05/09/2023 6:24:38 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Has joementia offered up 5% yet?


6 posted on 05/09/2023 6:26:11 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The world isn’t going to go away just because you get tired of hearing about it. That’s been a prescription for disaster throughout American history.


7 posted on 05/09/2023 6:27:18 AM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2023/05/09/ukraine-war-propaganda.aspx?ui=641fc3a5eea714a818e5775d66ff646d0fc0f93cdcdfe2e45fec3282210096c6&sd=20140203&cid_source=prnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art1ReadMore&cid=20230509&cid=DM1396153&bid=1794885851

Let’s start with the truth that has been there all along.


8 posted on 05/09/2023 6:27:38 AM PDT by Maudeen (https://www.ThereIsHopeinJesus.com & https://www.patburt.com/)
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9 posted on 05/09/2023 6:29:39 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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If the US were to agree to that demand, I think that would be around 250 billion, we’ve already given supposedly over 100 billion, what’s another 150 billion among “friends” when you can just pick up the phone and order the money to be printed.


10 posted on 05/09/2023 6:32:13 AM PDT by srmanuel
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So is engaging in pointless wars, does Iraq and Afghanistan ring a bell.


11 posted on 05/09/2023 6:33:12 AM PDT by srmanuel
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12 posted on 05/09/2023 6:35:28 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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Nothin’ shakin’ on Shakedown Street...used to be the heart of town.


13 posted on 05/09/2023 6:35:52 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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The pleadings, morphing into demands reminds me of Reparations for Negroes.


14 posted on 05/09/2023 6:37:13 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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F### Ukraine


15 posted on 05/09/2023 6:38:30 AM PDT by Dandy (Drain the swamp baby!!!)
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Instead of sending more money can we just our war mongering Democrats? The Russians can expend all their resources clearing Ukraine of Democrats and we can start getting our country back on track.


16 posted on 05/09/2023 6:39:10 AM PDT by Prolixus (In all seriousness:)
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So, it would be better to let Russia just have the Ukraine. It isn’t worth a penny from me.


17 posted on 05/09/2023 6:41:12 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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18 posted on 05/09/2023 6:41:44 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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Will Hunter and the Big Guy get their percentage?


19 posted on 05/09/2023 6:42:35 AM PDT by GOPJ (John Adams said that “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.”)
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LOL! Nope. Ask again and the next shipments will be MREs, blankets, and socks.


20 posted on 05/09/2023 6:43:45 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Das dicke Ende kommt noc!)
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