Ukraine war briefing: US to announce $2.3bn military aid package for Kyiv
Ukraine war briefing: US to announce $2.3bn military aid package for Kyiv
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Ukraine war briefing: US to announce $2.3bn military aid package for Kyiv
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17193627
Defence secretary Lloyd Austin says package will include anti-tank weapons and air defence interceptors including Patriot systems. What we know on day 861
And
progressivesconservatived will say "We're wasting all that money giving it to Ukraine", not realizing we're not giving Ukraine straight cash. We're giving them American manufactured weapons and ammunition. In the begining it was just giving them old leftover backstock to clear out warehouses.By now I'm sure those have been depleated, and now we're giving Ukraine weapons and ammunition based on government contracts, that
progressivesconservatives were the ones that decades ago advocated for.So America basically just gave American companies 2.3bn in cash, to produce weapons and ammunition, and then gave those weapons and ammunition to Ukraine.
Now, if those
progressivesconservatives DON'T want us to do that, we'll STOP giving money to the American war machine, and the next time we're at war, we'll be behind in tech. All in an effort to lower taxes for billionaires who wouldn't even notice.Edit: oopsie! I typed "progressives" when I was thinking of "conservatives". It's hot, I'm gonna blame it on my brain being fried.
It's mostly been conservatives that have a problem with this, not progressives for the most part. I mean sure some progressives are against but they're by far the minority.
I know progressives and democrats, and conservatives and Republicans, aren't the same thing, but you get the picture. I think most on the left would prefer to stand up to authoritian genocidal governments, whereas many conservatives crazily see a lot they like in Russian government and want the US to embrace them.
Oops. I meant to type conservatives, but, my fingers typed progressives. Just like last week when I meant to type "got him" and my fingers typed "gotton" which isn't a word.