US to announce $345 million military aid package for Taiwan
US to announce $345 million military aid package for Taiwan

US to announce $345 million military aid package for Taiwan

Could be a huge deal.
US to announce $345 million military aid package for Taiwan
US to announce $345 million military aid package for Taiwan
Could be a huge deal.
This angers me because 345 million would help a lot of people here in #Amurica that need the help - living on the street, starving, no healthcare .... need I say more? I am not necessarily an Amurica first kind of guy but we need to do more than something to help those suffering in many parts of our own country.
Unless I'm mistaken, we don't send them literal money. We send old military equipment, gear, vehicles, etc
It's just a byproduct of the massive military industrial spending... so while it's not money that we're sending, it's stuff that we unneccessarily spent lots of money on.
In this case you may be right. I don't really know. Maybe it is 345 million in obsolete military hardware. 🤷
I mean you can do both
We can either gift an ally who is opposing invasion risk, or we can let the gear expire and rust. Generally the money is already spent, it's finally going to a good home
Take a look at what recently happened to Hong Kong. Take a good, long, hard look.
Now realize that we are pretty much the only thing preventing the same thing from happening to Taiwan.
Other people have needs too, not just you and me.
This is a bit of a cynical take. $345m is not that much to the US government. It's not going to deprive anyone in the US. Plus, what are homeless people going to do with military equipment?
If it was $345bn I'd agree but this is barely even going to register on the accounting spreadsheet.
I definitely agree with that. But at the same time this is almost as good a cause as any for all our bloated military budget to go to. Besides Ukraine.
America prioritizes war over everything else
I'm pretty sure this is an obvious deterrent move so that China invading Taiwan doesn't collapse the world economy and not a push for war. An invasion of Taiwan would be one of the worst things to happen to the American economy, so as much as "America wants war" gets posted, I just don't see it here. Only TSMC has the tech or the capacity to manufacture the chips they make. That is the priority with this move.
This aid is not charitable. America needs to maintain its hegemony to continue benefiting from it and Taiwan is a critical strategic asset.
Also, the TSMC chip fabs getting blown up would shatter the world economy. That hurts everyone, not just American billionaires.
Don't they teach you shills how to spell America?
I choose to spell the country I live in as America.