Posted on 10/16/2022 9:50:29 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Ukraine has quickly devolved into a bottomless money pit for the countless nations and corporations that have been bankrolling its war against Russia.
On Friday, billionaire Elon Musk hilariously trolled a pro-Ukraine reporter who tweeted that SpaceX may no longer be able to supply its Starlink satellite internet terminals free to Ukraine due to the prohibitive costs of operating them.
In response to the Kiev Post correspondent’s tweet noting that the move “comes days after Ukrainian Ambassador @MelnykAndrij told Musk to ‘f*** off,’ the SpaceX founder quipped: “We’re just following his recommendation.”
Musk revealed last week that providing Starlink terminals and service to Ukraine has cost SpaceX $80 million, and that the costs will top $100 million by the end of the year.
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Yesterday Elon bent the knee and said he’d continue to fund free Starlink for our Ukrainian overlords who can demand free stuff from us or else.
The Ambassador is clearly not a diplomat.
Biden has an endless supply of your money and your grandchildren's future earnings to support Ukraine's role in destroying the Western way of life and all associated freedoms.
Battlefield data is classified. He has more access to the data than we have and decided to cut his loses on Ukraine. 🤔
This is confusing, an outdated story?
A remark was made 2 weeks ago, a statement from Musk about funding, and over time the remark is ignored and funding restored by Musk and this blog is reporting the old news as a current breaking story?
No good deed…
This is how Ukraine will treat us when our money and weapons stop.
Note to Elon..., remember "No GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED!"
That is a valid observation.
Ukraine is not our friend. They certainly don't share our values at a government level. They are corrupt. We have no strategic interest in Ukraine.
We shouldn't have people there. We shouldn't be sending money there.
Pentagon is going to pay.
They have a lot of stuff ongoing with both SpaceX and Starlink, nearly all of which is unrelated to Ukraine.
How about GPS satellite massive redundancy? Just one thing.
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests. — Henry Kissinger
The average American has no interest in Ukraine, but the deep state and the Biden crime family does. And that is why our hardware and $$$ are going to Ukraine.
The US is, by any measure, vastly more corrupt than Ukraine. The US is the largest banana republic thats ever existed.
In Washington they play games with multi-trillions, and thats not just the budget but the whole private economy. The greatest source of private wealth in the US is made through manipulation of regulations and regulators.
Both the “deep state” and “Biden” are small timers.
Biden and his family are just petty crooks.
The “deep state”, by which I think you mean the network of Federal bureaucrats, are just tools.
Sounds like the Ukraine is getting a bit too big for their britches. He should read his history books—The USA has a nasty habit of dropping is allies when they are no longer useful. After November 8th Mr. Z and Kiev may well become a liability rather than an asset.
New news!
That is OUR business. It has zero bearing on this issue. The USA can be as corrupt as Ukraine, but has absolutely NOTHING to do with sending money to ANY OTHER COUNTRY.
Not sure what the point of your post is. If you are upset that I am not falling over myself to send money to Ukraine, I can’t do anything about that.
If I am a member of the biggest crime syndicate in the world, it still doesn’t mean I should be sending my money to some other huge crime syndicate.
That is my opinion as well.
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