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Ukraine was in trouble already — now it openly admits it's on track to lose
(www.businessinsider.com)
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But haven't you heard? The US has already committed LITERAL BILLIONS to Ukraine, and what did it get us? Nothing! Just imagine if that money would've been spent here! ~~We could have spent it on schools~~ Some poor CEO could've had fat bonuses! ~~Maybe we could've cancelled the medical debt of 100 people~~ We could've spent more on covering up environmental damage without doing anything against the companies that caused that damage.
I tell you, if we wouldn't have spent that money on Ukraine, we could've medicare for all, student loan forgiveness, functioning infrastructure and a sane republican party. But because we spent those billions on Ukraine, sadly, we had to budget a little and got none of the above. If only we still had that money, all of our woes would be over!
sigh
We didnt spend billions on Ukraine. We donate old arms worth billions that were due to be phased out anyway to Ukraine. Crappy media reporting has really done on number on everyone who believes otherwise. And guess what? That weaponry was doing the trick. As predicted, giving Ukraine an absolute fuckload of our outdated shit is held russia back.
But sure. Lets let Poland, Finland, and Lithuania fall next -___-
They were being sarcastic, by the way.
But without the /s, who would ever know? /s
I was sweating over here, not being able to come up with anything more in the realm of fiction than a sane republican party.
I kinda thought so at first, but rereading ur comment i figured id better reply since u can never be to sure. Sorry dude. I guess u make a convincing republican when u try :p
Oops! I am dumb, by the way.
almost like it was a poor investment that didnt pan out.
Yes, we need more crypto-bro mindsets when approaching the defense of allies. Invest big and hodl! Diamondhands!