Presumably he’s been on this military aid spree out of fear Trump won’t send any more?
It's so weird.
Trump is only slightly less pro-war than Bush/Obama/Biden, but the thing is, when he pulls the military from a war he almost certainly does it for the wrong reasons.
I'm anti-war myself, so for me, it's a win. Obama had us at war in seven countries (Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Pakistan, and Libya) and the US military is still active in most of them. Personally, I think it's more of a business move than a political one. Lots of war profiteers spent a lot of money on Biden and Harris' campaigns, and they expect a return on that investment while he still has the power to give it.
Being against helping the little guy isn’t anti-war, it’s pro-imperialism
... So the Iraq war was now to help the little guy and so the US could be anti-Imperialists? wtf is going on in here.
Who mentioned the Iraq war?
Thank you for the brilliant platitudes, ILikeBoobies.
You are quite welcome
Don't make silly arguments if you don't want them rebutted by boilerplate counter arguments.
Meanwhile trump is throwing around the idea of invading mexico and... canada?
Ah isn’t it fun? Liberals downvoting you for speaking out against arms sales. The world is itching for war and preparing for it unfortunately and many liberals are fully onboard.
It's ironic, yes, but not unexpected.
For the 99% that always vote party over country, any opinion they hold is subject to political convenience. It really is a shame though that no one seems to have learned from the wars of the past 40 years. Every single time we're able to look back on them and see very clearly that we were lied to and the war industry and politicians benefited handsomely.
But we can't afford single payer healthcare.....
Single payer healthcare would save money. No amount of unrelated spending is preventing us from having universal coverage. It would be cheaper to switch.
Do you happen to have a source for that? I'm not challenging you, I want to have a good one handy for other discussion, and don't.
Isn't $500 Million in Military terms like a McDonald's cheeseburger in human terms? Like the B2 Bomber cost $44 Billion to develop and $2 Billion a piece.
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