Posted on 10/05/2023 11:52:04 AM PDT by MNDude
The removal of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the US Congress has cast a dark cloud over the already troubled process of Washington’s military and financial aid for Ukraine, as its counteroffensive against Russia grinds on with little change to the frontlines.
Money and weapons run low Many analysts estimate that Ukraine’s current “burn rate” of equipment, munitions and maintenance in the conflict with Russia is about $2.5 billion a month, maybe a little higher. Much of the funding for that spending comes from Washington.
Last week, the Pentagon’s Chief Financial Officer, Michael McCord, warned Congressional leaders that money for Ukraine was running low. In a letter subsequently released by House Democrats, McCord said that the Pentagon had about $5.4 billion left in what’s known as presidential drawdown authority, which allows the rapid dispatch of weapons from existing stocks. That’s essentially about two months’ money.
McCord warned that of the roughly $26 billion that Congress had authorized to replace weapons and equipment that had been sent to Ukraine, only $1.6 billion remains.
One pipeline, the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), is already empty. McCord told Congressional leaders that “a lack of USAI funding now will delay contracting actions that could negatively impact the department’s ability to purchase essential additional 155 mm artillery and critical munitions essential to the success of Ukraine’s armed forces.”
“Without additional funding now, we would have to delay or curtail assistance to meet Ukraine’s urgent requirements, including for air defense and ammunition that are critical and urgent now as Russia prepares to conduct a winter offensive and continues its bombardment of Ukrainian cities,” he wrote.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Good. No more funds and resources to Ukraine. Even better to cancel and already authorized but not yet delivered.
Yes, such a delicious article to read. I suspect the Uniparty will be able to extract a few billion dollars a few more times, but only in ways that draws more hatred towards them and the pro Ukraine side.
Yea!
Plenty of money for ukes and invaders. Vets? Meh.
Funds that you do not have in the first place do not ‘dry up.’
Oh no, I guess this means that China will now attack Taiwan. 🙀🙊😯
So the American taxpayer will not be robbed as quickly for awhile? My heart breaks.
Good. Not a dime more to Ukraine.
Excellent
Proving once again that the issue is never the issue, the issue is always the revolution.
If the Dems gave a [vulgar term for defecation] about Ukraine, they would have tweaked their votes just enough to keep McCarthy as Speaker, then cashed their chit [used in its actual meaning] to get backdoor funding for Ukraine, thereby getting everything they wanted in the 45-day CR, plus a bloodied Speaker who couldn’t accomplish anything of the EXTREME MAGA!!!!!!!!!!! agenda, until the Dems retake the house in 24 and place THE FIRST BLACK SPEAKER EVER!!!!!!!!! in the chair. But the opportunity to aid the revolution of destroying the government was more seductive than they could handle.
Good. As one poster wrote:
Not my flag.
Not my country.
Not my war.
Not my problem.
Funds that you do not have in the first place do not ‘dry up.’
Ditto and worth repeating.
Seinfeld: “That’s a shame...”
poop on ukraine meme https://img.mewe.com/api/v2/photo/z-IVqK3gXOJwaorVpA32t275TB7ten85pWVx5fLKlHVlHqIJ7BiTZs9QaXc/1600x1600/img?static={static}
Britain Warns West is Running Out of Weapons to Give Ukraine
After supplying the Ukraine war “stockpiles are looking a bit thin” and supplies of some key items have “run dry”, Britain tells the world.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy Gets the Liz Cheney Treatment from Matt Gaetz
ALL 5 LISTED
Imagine getting married to someone and then they break every single one of their marriage vows against you. Would you then turn around and praise your spouse for being so great at marriage? Would you tell everyone, “Things are going great!” as your spouse was texting you pictures of themselves in bed with your best friend?
That’s what almost every Republican in Congress did this week when they voted in support of keeping Kevin McCarthy in the Speaker role. Kevin McCarthy broke every single one of his vows to the MAGA wing of the party. Matt Gaetz and seven other Republicans decided they’d had enough of the battered wife syndrome and divorced him.
In 2016, they told us that if we keep them in charge of the House AND the Senate, AND win the White House for them, they’d totally get rid of Obamacare once and for all. Amazingly, we pulled it off again and shocked the world by sending Donald J. Trump to the White House.
They promised and promised and promised to do what We the People wanted, and we delivered every time. They never upheld their end of the bargain.
https://www.lopmatrix.com/speaker-kevin-mccarthy-gets-the-liz-cheney-treatment-from-matt-gaetz/
Zelenska’s visit to the luxury boutique ended up in a very unexpected manner as she snapped at the employee who was trying to assist her with a “Who said I need your opinion?” rant. After that, according to the boutique ex-worker, Zelenska went further to have a discussion with the manager. The ex-worker has no idea what the discussion was about but the next day she got fired from the boutique.
According to the receipt, Zelenska has purchased a white gold bracelet with diamonds, a white gold necklace with diamonds and emeralds, and white gold earrings with diamonds, which totals $1.100.000.
According to Boukari Ouédraogo, who reached out to the ex-employee, she says she wouldn’t have gone public if Zelenska “had just spent all those stolen money and moved forward to the next luxury brand store.” However, the decision of the Ukrainian president’s wife to ruin the girl’s career for no reason has really pissed her off.
Britain Warns West is Running Out of Weapons to Give Ukraine
After supplying the Ukraine war “stockpiles are looking a bit thin” and supplies of some key items have “run dry”, Britain tells the world.
GREAT News!
This takes my breath away.
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