This is just the tip of the iceberg.
The U.S. Army announced in December it awarded an $84 million contract to Raytheon Missiles and Defense for more than 1,000 Excalibur 1B precision munitions to replenish those sent to Ukraine.
The military-industrial complex is thriving despite Eisenhower's warning.
The US military has resupply POMCUS sites around Europe. A whole armored division just sits waiting for the men to be flown over to Europe if the Russians ever decided to attack. Time to give Ukraine the keys to those bases?
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Every Democrat and too many Republicans are on board for this insanity. They don’t worry about our military readiness or our border security, but let’s pay for someone else’s war for an indefinite period of time. FFS that’s as bad as treason.
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
In WWII, FDR gave the Soviets entire tank divisions to fight against the Nazi's with. We paid for the weapons, the Russians were responsible for 80% of Nazi casualties. In essence, Stalin bought those tanks with peasant blood.
Fast forward, now Ukrainian citizens are losing their lives so that NATO can finish off the Russians. Ukrainian blood buys American weapons.
You can see why the German government is uncomfortable arming Ukrainian divisions that wear Swastikas attacking Russian Guards divisions.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Additional information:
The U.S. supplied the USSR after Hitler invaded the USSR (June 1941) FDR instituted the military draft the first being in October 1940, defense product was ramped up in 1940. All of this transpired before the U.S. declared war on Japan and Germany, Dec 1941.
FDR was getting the country ready for War, just needed an excuse, it came with the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Fast forward to today, we have no build-up in the armed forces, if anything a diminution. The Neo-Cons have a proxy war being waged, i.e. NATO using Ukraine. Thus far in excess of $100 billion has been spent with no end in sight.
What has the U.S. gotten for these dollars? Well, we have diminished our arms supplies and surprise, surprise, the M-I complex is refilling it at taxpayer expense.
On Nov 3, 2020, Raytheon stock traded at $56.80, today $95.01. Guess what happened on Nov 3, 2020?
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There are islands that Taiwan owns very close to the Chinese mainland. Wonder if China will seize them and see how the world reacts. Like when Russia took over Crimea and President Obama let them have it.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Slo Joe doesn't know when to stop:
BREAKING: US announces massive new $2.5B package of military aid for Ukraine. Includes:
-59 Bradley Fighting Vehicles
-90 Stryker armored combat vehicles
-53 MRAPs
-8 Avenger air defense systems
-350 HMMWVs
-HARM missiles
He also announced that to move forward,TRAINING WILL BE TOP PRIORITY before these tools can be
implemented...it will be awhile before the operation is a go.
The Polish military is already training Ukrainian soldiers on the German Leopard 2 tanks they plan to give to Kiev as soon as the German government approves the end user licenses.
And Britain has been training Ukrainians in how to use the military equipment they have been supplying like artillery and anti-missile options.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.