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To: kawhill

“One thing many critics of US aid to Ukraine don’t seem to understand is that most of the money actually gets spent in the United States, very often on improved equipment for our own armed forces.”

“This is happening because the United States typically supports Ukraine by donating older weapons from existing US stocks, and then using the authorized “Ukraine aid” funds to re-equip US troops with newer weapons to replace those older weapons they just gave away.

Quite literally, the roughly $140 billion the United States is spending on Ukraine through the war’s first three years is actually funding a major modernization drive for the US military.”


13 posted on 05/11/2024 12:15:07 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

Did you forget “/s” tag?


15 posted on 05/11/2024 12:18:21 PM PDT by SheepWhisperer (Get involved with, or start a home fellowship group. It will be the final church. ACTS 2:42-47)
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To: ansel12

Gaslighting extraordinaire!


16 posted on 05/11/2024 12:19:14 PM PDT by SheepWhisperer (Get involved with, or start a home fellowship group. It will be the final church. ACTS 2:42-47)
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To: ansel12

Is that you Lt Col Vindman?


28 posted on 05/11/2024 12:32:00 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: ansel12
Quite literally, the roughly $140 billion the United States is spending on Ukraine through the war’s first three years is actually funding a major modernization drive for the US military.”


32 posted on 05/11/2024 12:39:48 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: ansel12
“One thing many critics of US aid to Ukraine don’t seem to understand is that most of the money actually gets spent in the United States, very often on improved equipment for our own armed forces.”

Where do you suppose the money comes from? Money trees? Money faeries?
88 posted on 05/11/2024 3:07:25 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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