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The Pentagon said Tuesday that it overestimated the value of the weapons it has sent to Ukraine by $6.2 billion over the past two years. The war has been an incredible grift on American taxpayers.

apnews.com Pentagon accounting error provides extra $6.2 billion for Ukraine military aid

The Pentagon says it overestimated the value of the weapons it has sent to Ukraine by $6.2 billion over the past two years, resulting in a surplus that will be used for future security packages.

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The grift: effortlessly eradicating what used to be the largest military threat to the United States in the world without even risking American lives for pennies on the dollar. What a grift.
- If that's what you believe then send me a DM cause I have a nice bridge to sell you.
  
  The destruction of what was recently considered a real and looming military threat to the US is not a matter of belief. It already objectively happened.
Having extra money left over seems like the opposite of a grift to me.
- Where do you think that money ends up exactly, think it's going to recirculate back into the economy or end up continue being allocated to the Pentagon?
  
  That money was already taxed for the defense budget. It would’ve never been used for anything other than whatever DoD decided to spend it on.

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