Every Dollar The U.S. Throws At Ukraine Zaps Resources From Our Own Depleted Military

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Every Dollar The U.S. Throws At Ukraine Zaps Resources From Our Own Depleted Military
By: Tyler Stone
January 27, 2023

The state of U.S. military production should be more concerning to the American public than Ukraine’s corruption.

Earlier this week, The New York Times reported on the Ukrainian government’s recent shake-up to fight corruption. “The dismissals appeared to reflect Mr. Zelensky’s goal of reassuring Ukraine’s allies — which are sending billions of dollars in military aid — that his government would show zero tolerance for graft as it prepares for a possible new offensive by Moscow,” according to the Times. Why did it take Volodymyr Zelensky 11 months to address the corruption issue? There have been signs of the problem for many months now.

Ukrainian-born Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., who at the beginning of the invasion was very supportive of Ukraine, more recently began to question Zelensky’s administration. Spartz wanted to have greater oversight on American aid to Ukraine, for which she was criticized by many in both parties.

With the recent removal of several officials, it appears there were grounds for questioning where the funds were being spent in Ukraine. The United States has been by far the largest supporter of military aid to that country, despite the European Union having similar GDP and 100 million more in population. Military equipment is the most important aid to keeping Ukraine’s military armed and fighting, which might be why Zelensky is trying to address corruption now.

With Republicans having control of the House of Representatives, several Republicans want greater oversight of the money being sent to Ukraine. It is unfortunate that it took a change in House leadership to make sure American taxpayer money is being spent properly overseas.

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[Free Vulcan]

Does anyone think that is by accident? With so many in our govt either ideologically aligned or paid off by the Chinese, they fully realize that the more we drain our military, the harder time we will have to defeat China in a war over Taiwan.

Also explains one of the reasons why we left so much stuff in Afghanistan.

[jmyrlefuller]

If we're spending a trillion dollars a year on our military and it's still "depleted," there's too much waste going on.

[Hoodat]

Our military is making money off of this.  Instead of scrapping old M-113s, they now get credited cash for sending them to Ukraine.

[Smokin Joe]

Every dollar thrown at ....

Welfare...

silly science grants....

"Climate Change"...

does, too.

[Fishrrman]

Agree with Vulcan.

This could be "a part of the plan" -- that "plan" being the subjugation of America to China.

We could become so depleted of materiel that China could move on Taiwan (perhaps with the North Koreans moving on the South at the same time) to where it would become difficult (or perhaps impossible) to mount an effective response.

[Smokin Joe]

Agree with Vulcan.

This could be "a part of the plan" -- that "plan" being the subjugation of America to China.

We could become so depleted of materiel that China could move on Taiwan (perhaps with the North Koreans moving on the South at the same time) to where it would become difficult (or perhaps impossible) to mount an effective response.

We have a lot of creative folks with knowledge of how to make life very difficult for weapons systems, and their own supply of ammo squirreled away and the pipes to put it down. Granted, those are small arms,  but in my State alone, that translates to a potential 100,000 people capable of hitting a dinner plate at 300 yards, and about 1/10 of them at 500.
Modern weapons sights save ammo, too, even if the optics cost more than the platform.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Putin's War is acutally a real-world proving ground for military materiel, tacticts, and strategy.

It also gives an opporunity to assess Rusia's hypersonic missiles.

Maybe the US military would have more stuff if they didn't leave so much behind in Afghanistan for the Taliban.