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Originally Posted by Hugh
America wasn’t ploughing money and military resources into a bottomless pit - most of the money went to US arms manufacturers, to replace and update old/surplus military equipment, and the military aid was costed (inflated) at its replacement value (which the USA was going to do anyway), rather than at its actual depreciated value…
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And every dollar of spend or minute spent by weapons manufacturers is time and effort that could be spent re-arming America, America’s long term allies in NATO, in Israel, or preparing for potential conflict elsewhere in the world.
Ukraine may well have been a useful scrapyard for depreciated equipment, and of course to feed the propaganda the USA will have overstated its financial commitment. However as the dynamic changes on the ground its ever increasingly valuable equipment for ever decreasing gains.
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Ukraine was a friend of the USA's. Trump has betrayed Ukraine which makes Trump a traitor. Trump has betrayed Ukraine by taking Russia's line and holding back on aid and intelligence for the country.
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I think this is a pretty naive outlook, Andrew, and it ignores that America have cut and run from every short term ally of the 21st century.