Posted on 07/15/2023 7:46:11 PM PDT by CFW
The United States has given roughly twice as much military aid to Ukraine during the first year of Russia's invasion as European Union countries, a disparity that has renewed debate among U.S. lawmakers.
The U.S. gave $47 billion in the first year, according Kiel Institute for the World Economy data reviewed by The New York Times.
U.S. military assistance for Ukraine has been a domestic concern since Russia invaded the country in February 2022 and continues to be – as the war passes its 500-day mark and Congress attempts to pass the National Defense Authorization Act.
On Thursday night, GOP Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene, among the House Republican Conference's most conservative members, tried unsuccessfully to get an amendment into the bill cutting roughly $300 million in new funding for Ukraine.
“Congress should not authorize another penny for Ukraine and push the Biden administration to pursue peace,” the Georgia lawmaker said before the vote. “Ukraine is not the 51st state of the United States of America.”
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Is there a limit as to how much the tax-payers will spend on this war that Biden has forced our nation into? The EU seems to be "Rah, Rah for War" as long as the US is the ones footing the bill. President Trump was requiring other NATO nations to pay up for the security we provide world-wide. Now they have apparently returned to letting us pick up the majority of the tab.
Europe today is weak, and I doubt they could beat Iran without U.S. help.
The US should leave the UN and NATO.
Time for Socialists to pay for their own defense.
They are in the process of invading the US currently.
Yes! And the UN HQ needs to move off of US soil, even though it’s located in a socialist enclave right now.
We agree again, buy 50 Lotto tickets.🤣
Excuse my ignorance but who is ME?
Have thought that for YEARS.
May I suggest Mogadishu as a new HQ?
That or Port-au-Prince.
You mean all those Zeepers bellowing about how Europe was carrying SO MUCH of the burden and we needed to step up and bla bla bla... were basically blowing smoke?
Oh yeah. I already knew that.
Twice in one day is a record. Like Novak Djokovic 24 majors record…
Middle East?
I was thinking Havana or Caracas, but I think your choices are better.
Middle East, you know, Allahu Akbar people.
NATO should be comprised of European countries. It doesn’t really serve America’s interests at this point anymore.
My way we can get AIDS or pirate stories…
Of course we pay double Biden has no regard for our county and Ukraine is the biggest rat money laundering op in history.
Middle East. of course, one could lump in the lower east, the far east as well as our own south in our case.
“Europe today is weak, and I doubt they could beat Iran without U.S. help.”
Hell, they couldn’t even defeat Serbia, which is why they BEGGED us to bomb them. They’re pathetic.
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