US Finds Another $44 Billion for Ukraine

Source: Glenn Greenwald
Published: Dec 30, 2022
Author: Glenn Greenwald
Post Date: 2022-12-30 18:59:42 by Charles_Byrd
Views: 2098

Russia invaded its neighbor, Ukraine, almost ten months ago to this day. Since then, the United States government has spent more than $100 billion -- $100 billion -- on that war on the other side of the world, in a country that Washington has long stated contains no vital interest to the United States.

To put that amount into perspective, the amount the U.S. has spent in 10 months is almost double the entire Russian military budget for the year, which is $65 billion. The amount is more than double the average annual amount that the U.S. spent on its own war in Afghanistan, which we were told -- unlike what's happening in Ukraine -- was a war necessary to protect the security of American citizens. So, in just ten months, we're spending more than twice on the war in Ukraine what we spend each year on our own ostensible self-defense war in Afghanistan. And it's 17 times more than what the U.N. told Elon Musk it needed to spend in order to avert world famine in 2022, a claim that was then used to shame Musk for spending $44 billion to buy Twitter instead of feeding everyone on the brink of famine.

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#1: Vicomte13    To: Charles_Byrd (#0)

The Ukraine NOW contains a vital interest to the United States. It is a bone caught in the throat of Russia and Russia is choking to death. We crush the Russians there, and we can spent trillions less over the coming years.

To oppose the Ukrainian war against Russia is to be very shortsighted.

Vicomte13 posted on 2023-01-01 10:03:59   Reply   Private Reply

#2: A K A Stone    To: Vicomte13 (#1)

Since you support the WEF and their transfaggot agenda be sure to sign your daughter up to fight for our "vital interests". Why isn't she in the military? Oh that's right you want to fight to the last Ukranian.

A K A Stone posted on 2023-01-01 16:44:41   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Vicomte13    To: A K A Stone (#2)

The Ukrainians will fight to the last Ukrainian to drive the Russians out. But they won't have to, because the Russians are pathetic and losing their lives in vast numbers. Ukraine will win the war, Russia will be a crumpled wreck, and the Chinese will decide not to make a stab at Taiwan, so as to not suffer the same fate. All good.

Vicomte13 posted on 2023-05-10 14:27:58   Reply   Private Reply

#4: A K A Stone    To: Vicomte13 (#3)

We shall see.

A K A Stone posted on 2023-05-15 23:56:00   Reply   Private Reply

#5: Vicomte13    To: A K A Stone (#4)

Yes, we shall.

Vicomte13 posted on 2023-06-25 12:37:20   Reply   Private Reply

#6: A K A Stone    To: Vicomte13 (#5)

Greetings Vic. WWIII?

A K A Stone posted on 2023-07-21 19:28:52   Reply   Private Reply

#7: Vicomte13    To: A K A Stone (#6)

No way. Russia is too weak and pathetic. The place is so corrupt that we know exactly what they are doing, so if they were to try to prepare their nuclear arsenal for use, we would pre-empt them. They won't. It would take orders from Putin, and if he ordered it, he would be immediately overthrown. The oligarchy has no intention of giving up everything to die in fireballs over nothing. And they won't win either. They will get off a few shots, but they will be nuked to the stone age, for the reasons I already said.

Nope, this will just be Russia slowly being ground to powder in the Ukraine, being utterly defeated and humiliated, and - because of their demographic problems and the general stupidity of their population (whom they stopped educating when the Soviet Union collapsed) - the end of Russia. Once this war is over, they will be out of Ukraine, economically and demographically collapsed, and will never rise again.

Putin's decision to invade Ukraine was like Hitler's decision to invade Russia, or Japan's decision to attack Pearl Harbor. Russia is now in the vice grip of immensely more powerful nations that will tear it to pieces without mercy.

The only way the Russians can save themselves is to leave Ukraine and surrender everything. They won't, because that would mean the collapse of their government. So they will stay, and be destroyed anyway, and collapse anyway, with several hundred thousand more dead Russians.

It is fantastic.

China is dead this decade too, over the top of terminal economic decline.

The world just looks better and better for the US and its allies in the decades to come.

Vicomte13 posted on 2023-07-23 13:03:32   Reply   Private Reply