Friday, August 25, 2023

Ukraine

Polls show that American support for Ukraine is waning. Overall, 55% say the US Congress should not authorize additional funding to support Ukraine vs. 45% who say Congress should authorize such funding. Over $100 billion in equipment has been sent and this will all be replaced by US defense companies. $26 billion of this is financial assistance (cash). This opens the door to corruption. The US is slowly escalating by sending more sophisticated weaponry which requires technicians to train the Ukrainians. The US official policy is that this will continue as long as it takes. It takes to do what, has not been fully explained. For some it means Russia must be driven out of Ukraine. The USSR stayed in Afghanistan for 9 years. Would that be a reasonable answer to the question of how long. It has only been a year and half and a majority of Americans want to stop the funding. Once again the networks are parading retired generals explaining why we must continue the fight. This is very similar to what happened in the early days of the Vietnam War. The military industrial complex is winning again. If the war continues it will split the democratic party just has happened in Vietnam.

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