Posted on 04/24/2024 2:01:32 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
There are five things the aid package will not do for Ukraine. It will not provide enough money. It will not provide the badly needed weapons, nor deliver them on time. It will not provide the even more badly needed troops. And it will not provide victory.
Though $61 billion is a massive amount of money, it is not massive enough to defeat Russia. Ukraine accomplished little but the loss of life and the most advanced weapons during its centerpiece counteroffensive when it was receiving even more.
(Excerpt) Read more at theamericanconservative.com ...
It’s all about political posturing.
They would love nothing more than to see Russian tanks in Kiev in time for the election, in order to blame it on MAGA.
Ukraine underestimated Russia’s willingness to destroy what they supposedly regard as part of Russia.
What will it do? Make politicians even richer.
Ted Snider pro Ukraine is for the Biden Schumer team
-fJroberts-
And the $61 bill also gets Mrs Z another shopping trip to Paris.
These Billions will further enrich Green T-shirt Corruption Beggarman, his Shopping Wife, and corrupt cronies, plus all the mobsters in CONgress and the MIC. And keep Zeepers happy.
10% isn’t for the big guy.
10% is what Ukraine will end up with after all of the war mongers divide the majority.
More stupid Russian Propaganda - so tiresome - many of the weapons are already in UKR and others are arriving in Poland.
It will all be blamed on MAGA and Republicucks too either way.
Comments BUMP!
It’s a part of Russia as is California, NM. and Nevada
Sure I’m missing a couple.
Any corrections are well received.
"Even if the money was sufficient, it would not provide Ukraine with the weapons it needs because the weapons are not available for purchase. Retired U.S. Army Colonel Daniel Davis, Senior Fellow at Defense Priorities, agrees that the $61 billion “is fairly small in terms of the overall need.” But Davis adds that “even if you get the money, you’re not going to have the number of artillery shells, interceptor missiles for air defense. You can’t make the artillery shells any faster than we are right now. It’s a matter of physical capacity: we can’t do it.”"
By what basis did the author of the article come up with these obviously emotional conclusions?
Nor is the gap between supply and demand limited to advanced weaponry. Artillery is a prime example. In the spring of 2023, the Ukrainian army’s rate of consumption of 155 mm shells stood at 6,000 to 8,000 per day, whereas American production output was about 15,000 per month. Since then, the US has ramped up production significantly, but even so, it is not expected to exceed 100,000 shells per month by October 2024. As it turns out, the artillery forces of the United States and its allies are almost completely dependent on the output of a single factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
These constraints explain why, in January 2023, the administration asked Israel to transfer 300,000 artillery shells from American stockpiles located in Israel to Ukraine. Of course, Israel herself now needs those stocks. Not to mention Tamir interceptors for Iron Dome, which are also manufactured in small quantities in the US, bombs, and spare parts for aircraft, tank shells, and so on. One does not need a security clearance to conclude that Israel’s military dependence on the United States is nearly absolute.
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/155-reasons-to-reduce-israels-dependence-on-the-us/
He just wanted to piss you off.
With the ground dried out and hardening, I think that Russia has now entered the ‘operational phase’ of this SMO.
Ukraine has been hosed since we elected Biden. Moreso when Biden was providing weapons, but in a slow-walked way, continuously about 6 months or so after they became appropriate to even attempt to carry out what he claimed. When there was motion, and Russia was getting beaten back, the Biden Administration instead sought a stalemate, while Russia got its act together. Then after Russia fortified, they pushed Ukraine to exhaust themselves against it.
Very hosed.
They were screwed from the start. They had neither the manpower nor the equipment to defeat a much larger adversary. They don’t have the jungles of Vietnam nor the mountains of Afghanistan to hide in for an extended guerilla war.
“As it turns out, the artillery forces of the United States and its allies are almost completely dependent on the output of a single factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania.”
Scranton, eh?
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