Mostly we send old weapons that the Russian tools and trolls claim have been destroyed 3 times over. Pretty obviously, few are leaving Ukraine.
IMO we should send the full amount Biden wants, in weapons, mostly old weapons, and maybe a few billion in humanitarian materials and goods. The Euros can handle the financial support.
US defense expenditures now nearly match our all time low post 1940. (~2.7% in 1998-1999. It was ~2.1% in 1940 — we know where THAT got us, 41+ % by 1945.) So, the actual appropriations less transport to Ukraine, training, and those humanitarian goods, should go into new weapons and weapons plants. In fact, that’s actually where the bulk of the “Ukraine money” ends up now.
I’m sure this post will bring out an anti-MIC reply or two. Those persons are just nuts or ignorant.
Nice graph:
https://media.defense.gov/2019/Mar/12/2002099941/-1/-1/0/190312-D-ZZ999-001.JPG
US manufacturing is not producing weapons on a war footing while Rusdia’s are. The Biden Admin has three conflicts(Ukraine, Israel vs Iran and Taewan) which could start WWIII. China is looking for an opening to move on Taewan.
Iran moving its ballistic missiles for a massive strike on Isral would spark a regional war that would spread - Turkey and Iran are working together.
The future is not as rosey as the Biden Admin thinks it is.
