Posted on 10/23/2023 6:42:34 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Somehow, some of the weapons ended up in the hands of cartels.
We also drained the SPR.
I've brought up the fact on several threads, that by sending the majority of our stockpiled weapons to Ukraine, we've left ourselves vulnerable at home, especially in light of the fact that it would take time to get up to speed, to mass-produce the war machinery necessary if we were faced with an all-out war. Neocons claimed I didn't know what I was talking about. Frankly, I don't believe this country's manufacturers would ever cooperate, or fully organize, the way they did in WWII, in order to mass-produce enough military equipment to successfully support our troops in another World War. We won WWII because we had the will to provide by any means, what our troops needed to get the job done. That ain't happening today.
If they are explicitly for America’s protection, make it impossible for any of them to be given to any other country or governmental/military powers, ever.
Otherwise they will give them away as well.
The FIBBIES need to get the names of all 82 Million pieces of meat with two eyes who voted for Harris and JO JO and cancel their voter registrations. All of them regardless of how many they have.
Gee, maybe youse guys shouldda thought about that before you gave ‘em all away.
Afraid those angry Americans will be coming after your sorry asses?
The administration pissed all the money away on ukraine...
Apparently they’re low on brains, too.
That and the Stupid Loans for the deadbeat college meatballs.
Only took the clowns who started the Ukraine War, the Neocons, 20 MONTHS to figure out that producing weapons just might be a good idea, if you’re currently dumping everything you got into Ukraine.
...and, by the way, Russia is run by men, rather than women and creeps, so it only took them a month or two to figure out the same and step up production, or at least start that process.
Seriously? They just let all our enemies know via “the news” that we’re defenseless? WTH?
That's why they were so eager to give them away.
Ever wonder where the 155 artillery shells are made?
The Army makes artillery shells at Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Pennsylvania (Joe's hometown) as well as a General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems facility nearby in Wilkes Barre.
I'm just sayin ...
I've been out of the Marine Corps for almost 20 years, but I never remember ammunition having a shelf life as long as it was properly stored. In the 1980s we were still using artillery shells, mortar shells and .50cal rounds from the Korean war. I can imagine that there are some things that only be used for training after a certain age, e.g. missiles, but the we were always hoping for a higher allotment of training munitions.
Sadly, some on this board actually do not care that this invasion of military aged young men make up the majority of these invaders.
But I never remember seeing anything more than 10 years old.
I am guessing that you are talking about Naval ordinance. I am completely ignorant about those types of munitions.
“Low on ammo” is an afterthought........dreamed up on the
fly b/c they got the word that Americans are sick of it.
They’re loathe to give anymore of their tax dollars to
these pampered foreigners.
We do not have $106 billion to giveaway. We have to go
into debt and stick future generations with the bills.
Why dont these people stand on their own two feet? Wealthy Israel
and money grubbing Ukraine should do their own borrowing.
zerohedge.com
BY TYLER DURDEN
MONDAY, OCT 23, 2023 - 04:40 PM
via David Stockman’s Contra Corner
Joe Biden’s Hideous $106 Billion War Package
There is not one dime in “Joe Biden’s” war package that enhances the safety and security of the American homeland, yet all of it is being blithely charged to Uncle Sam’s vastly over-extended credit card.
Nor should you take our word for it. What’s left of the Fed-tortured bond market cried out for help this AM, tagging the 5.00% level on the benchmark 10-year UST for the first time since June 2007.
Back then, the public debt was $8.8 trillion, meaning every 100 basis points of increased yield added $88 billion to annual debt service. Today, of course, the public debt is $33.5 trillion, and the incremental debt service on 100 basis points will amount to $335 billion or nearly 4X more.
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There is a fiscal elephant in the room nearly the size of the nation’s monstrous defense budget itself, yet the semi-comatose occupant of the Oval Office chose this moment to indulge in the absolute worst game of log-rolling politics we have ever witnessed..........the “Joe Biden” boondoggle includes:
$61 billion for the Ukraine warhawks
$14 billion for virtue-signaling against Hamas
$14 billion to usher in more border jumpers
$14 billion for various bleeding heart “humanitarians”
$3 billion walking around money for various corrupt factotums
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Still, do these clueless fools not understand they are now staring fiscal catastrophe square in the face? As of Q2 2023 the annualized rate of interest expense on the public debt clocked in at $909 billion, which represented a doubling of the level which prevailed when the voters last put a Republican in the White House to, well, rein in the red ink!
........the Washington neocons insist upon it, the defense contractors are luxuriating in it and the US military is getting a grand munitions and weapons testing range in the bargain.
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First step: STOP SENDING WEAPONS AND MONEY TO UKRAINE!!!
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