2y ago

Biden announces $250 million in military aid to Ukraine, final package of 2023

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I hope they find a way.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Biden administration Wednesday announced a $250 million military assistance package for Ukraine.
The aid package — the final of 2023 — will include arms and equipment, including air defense munitions, anti-armor munitions, ammunition for high mobility artillery rocket systems, and more than 15 million rounds of small arms ammunition, a State Department spokesperson said to CBS News.
"Our assistance has been critical to supporting our Ukrainian partners as they defend their country and their freedom against Russia's aggression," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement, urging Congress to "swiftly" approve further aid to Ukraine.
Earlier this month, Senate Republicans blocked additional Ukraine funding over a dispute with Democrats over U.S. border security.
"The decisions we make now are going to determine the future for decades to come, particularly in Europe," Mr. Biden said during his meeting with Zelenskyy.
Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the $250 million in military aid to Ukraine needs congressional approval.
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I'd prefer that money remain in the USA and pay for healthcare, infrastructure, and student loan debt relief.
- They're not sending them crates of cash, they're sending them weapons that have already been produced in America and paid for by America with money that goes to the military industrial complex. Kindly shut the fuck about up about shit you don't understand.
  
  Paid for by what? Say that part again.
- Don't worry, it actually remains in the USA. Part of it is money that was already spent decades ago for equipment that supposed to be retired, the other part is being put into US economy as the USA is producing those weapons.
  Also it is rounding error compared to the money spend for healthcare, infrastructure and student loan debt relief: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#/media/File%3A2022_US_Federal_Budget_Infographic.png
  
  Not to mention that curtailing Putin's aspirations is very good for all Americans
- That $0.76 per American could be life changing.
  You could look at a hospital, get 15 minutes of college free or get two pebbles.
  
  This is military spending, so two pebbles probably costs more like $76.
- Don't worry, Republicans will block healthcare, infrastructure, and student loan debt relief. Instead your kids will get to die fighting Russians
- Good news: we have plenty of money for that!
  Bad news: Republicans will never let us spend it that way.
  Never, ever, let anyone tell you the we lack social programs because we don't have enough money.
- You're either very naive about politics or you're arguing in bad faith. Lack of spending on domestic priorities has nothing to do with a lack of money and everything to do with Republicans not wanting those programs funded at all. They'd rather spend in on corporate welfare and tax cuts for billionaires.
  
  That's pretty much my point.
- Healthcare, infrastructure, and education for you? You, that don't even understand how this money works?
  Trust me, they are better spent in this way. I would be curious to know where in the US you are from.
  
  I'm not saying send no money abroad. I am saying, pump the breaks a little. We have issues here that need to be addressed.
- Tbh I wish to agree with you even though you have downvotes, the empire phase of America needs to end. Whatever Russia is trying to accomplish in the Ukraine needs to end.
  Russia should choose social democracy because it works and so should we. Russia as it stands can not be allowed to succeed, and America as it stands should embrace a revolutionary change that allows us to meet in the middle with social democracy.
  The truth is we can afford to do both though, fight with Ukraine and take care of our people. There is more than enough wealth to give the Ukraine the chance to self determination and do the litany of things we've neglected to further capitalism. The pity is that we don't demand both.
  
  The thing that people are not understanding is that this isn't just Russia vs Ukraine war. This is war against the West. It didn't start with Ukraine and if Russia succeeds it won't end in Ukraine. Russia tries to get back to superpower status and Ukraine is an important piece in restoring old USSR regions.
  The crazy thing is that what needs to be done was even outlined in a book written by Alexander Dugin and until Ukraine invasion everything was going really well (even ahead of schedule, even seemingly unrelated thing like BrExit was part of it, note that book was published in 1997): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics#Content

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