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Biden’s foreign policy bungling is creating a massive long-term crisis
American Thinker ^ | June 4, 2023 | Thomas Lipscomb

Posted on 06/04/2023 9:09:06 AM PDT by Kazan

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1 posted on 06/04/2023 9:09:06 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: Kazan
"...is creating..." "...has created..." There. Fixed.
2 posted on 06/04/2023 9:10:42 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Kazan

Not to mention what also took place under Obama and Hillary.


3 posted on 06/04/2023 9:11:27 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: Kazan

But Dr. Jill got to attend the royal wedding in Jordan.


4 posted on 06/04/2023 9:11:44 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Kazan

” 800,000 155mm artillery rounds to Ukraine.”

Well that’s the first stop anyway .....

I wonder where some of that load really ends up.
I hear the cartels are in the market for some goodies.


5 posted on 06/04/2023 9:14:41 AM PDT by 1of10 (be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
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To: Kazan

Undoubtedly, the Communist Party of China has not noticed that the US is now running out of most brands of offensive ammunition.

Undoubtedly. So be quiet, don’t tell them.


6 posted on 06/04/2023 9:18:22 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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Yeah, but nuclear mushroom clouds are infinitely preferable to orangeness and badness, otherwise defense contractors and pharmaceuticals don’t get their cut


7 posted on 06/04/2023 9:26:01 AM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: Kazan

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8 posted on 06/04/2023 9:29:04 AM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: Kazan

The Pentagon proudly announced that US artillery ammunition production is now up to 30k rounds PER MONTH, and they hope to double that by 2025. The Russians average about 25k rounds of artillery ammo PER DAY, with surge capacity to 75k rounds per day.
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I have Heard other estimates that Russia is producing 200,000 rounds per month , if this 25k day is correct than it’s even much higher than that now

Also another sign that Russia is increasing its war production for the long run


9 posted on 06/04/2023 9:33:43 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: Kazan

Sadly, too many of those shells are being used on civilians and villages in eastern Ukraine who have been dismissed as separatists and not even being human by Kiev ( and US politicians like Linda Graham and Adam Schiff-for-brains

Precision targeting now makes it obvious the campaign is to kill or drive out millions of Russian speakers encased by Ukrainian political borders, that have voted massively to realign those borders…as Kiev showed a complete unwillingness to observe a Minsk solution that would have kept them Ukrainians but with some autonomy in local decisions, fair political representation, and respect and protection of their culture.


10 posted on 06/04/2023 9:38:50 AM PDT by silverleaf (It’s not propaganda just because you disagree with it. )
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To: Kazan

Hopefully no one is misgendering the artillery shells.


11 posted on 06/04/2023 9:47:05 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

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12 posted on 06/04/2023 9:53:06 AM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=40%>)
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To: Da Coyote
Why do we need more 155mm artillery shells. I though Russia was defeated. Didn't we do that with HIMARs? And then we sent Patriots to defend the HIMARS to stop the defeated Russians from destroying the HIMARS.

I am confused. I thought "we" were winning.

13 posted on 06/04/2023 9:57:43 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Kazan

If we can’t produce enough ammo. Perhaps we can outsource it to China. /s


14 posted on 06/04/2023 9:59:09 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE
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To: Kazan
The simple fact is that starting with Bush the US extended the deployment and ops tempo of all branches without procuring sufficient weaponry to replace what was being used.

In the meantime, starting with the drawdown in defense spending under Clinton and consolidation of almost all defense contracting down to a handful of mega defense contractors, the US procurement system was almost rendered completely into a system for delivering hundreds of billions of dollars for weapons that did not work and that were never procured. Everything from the Army's future combat weapons system to the Navy's shipbuilding programs were turned into expensive failures whose primary purpose was funneling money to politically connected contractors. The same is true of NASA.

Producing artillery shells is WWI tech. There isn't any reason why it can't be ramped up quickly except for the fact that the procurement system is utterly broken.

15 posted on 06/04/2023 10:04:48 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Kazan

For many decades our foreign policies have choked America off, looted the American treasure, and puts foreign countries and illegal aliens first, where Americans win nothing but death and debt.

It’s long past time that all changes.


16 posted on 06/04/2023 10:18:59 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Kazan

Policy bungling is creating a massive long-term crisis.

With democrats in charge I’m shocked.

No I’m not just working on to be a major network reporter.


17 posted on 06/04/2023 10:40:45 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: Regulator

> Undoubtedly. So be quiet, don’t tell them.

It’s common knowledge. The only people that don’t realize the situation are Dumbmericans that watch the MSM.


18 posted on 06/04/2023 10:54:57 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: janetjanet998; Kazan

The figures I’m seeing for 152 ammo is about 20,000 per month for Russia.

The articles posting today don’t seem to be comparing 155 production by the US to the Russian production of 152, nor are they considering NATO production rates for 155 and other ammo, or including them in totals.


19 posted on 06/04/2023 11:23:33 AM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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