Posted on 08/16/2023 5:50:51 AM PDT by george76
The Biden administration announced on Monday it is preparing to send $200 million in military aid to Ukraine to help the eastern European nation amid its ongoing conflict with Russia. The new aid package comes amid Americans’ increasing opposition to continually shipping U.S. dollars to Ukraine.
According to a press statement from Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the $200 million in U.S. aid will include “air defense munitions, artillery rounds, anti-armor capabilities, and additional mine-clearing equipment.” The announcement came days after the White House asked Congress to authorize an additional $24 billion in aid to Ukraine, which comes on top of the $113 billion already committed by the U.S. last year.
“Every day, Russia is killing Ukrainian civilians and destroying civil infrastructure, while also weaponizing hunger and contributing to global food insecurity through its destruction of Ukraine’s civilian ports and grain infrastructure,” Blinken said.
It’s remarkable how the Biden administration is terribly concerned about “hunger” and “food insecurity” among Ukrainians but not their own country’s soldiers. Last week, Military.com reported that one of the U.S. Army’s largest bases, Fort Cavazos — formerly known as Fort Hood — has “been barely able to keep its food services up and running for months.”
According to the report, the Texas base “had only two of its 10 major dining options open every day for much of the summer, with three others open only during limited times.” The primary cause of such issues is that the base’s dining facilities don’t “hav[e] enough Army cooks to run them.”
While the closures of dining facilities led many service members “to drive long distances across base, sometimes an hour round trip for their meals,” some were left out to fend for themselves, as “not all junior soldiers have vehicles, and the base provides only a limited shuttle service, with none dedicated to dining facilities.”
“For months, one [dining facility] was open and was a more than 30-minute drive for my soldiers,” an unnamed noncommissioned officer told Military.com. “All the soldiers were going to that one. It’s unmanageable during the workday.”
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While Congress and the Biden administration insist on shipping billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to Ukraine with virtually no oversight, the majority of Americans ardently oppose such a policy. A recent CNN poll found that 55 percent of Americans believe Congress “should not authorize additional funding to support Ukraine vs. 45% who say Congress should authorize such funding.”
The poll additionally found a slight majority (51 percent) who agreed the U.S. “has already done enough” to help Ukraine in its effort to repel Russia’s invasion. The statistic is a noticeable change from February 2022, when 62 percent believed America should have “been doing more” to help Ukraine.
A bribe is a bribe and thieves must honor their bribes.
Like Pence recently said, Ukraine is more important than Americans.
Screw Ukraine!
This is the coverup of the century.
I missed that insult from him but not surprised at all.
It was during the Tucker moderated event in Iowa a few weeks ago. Incredible statement by Pence, even Tucker asked him again, probably surprised at Pence’s clarity.
Let us keep in mind it is not just Biden. McConnell, Graham, Romney, and a host of others who claim to support our military are just as guilty.
The people who lost everything in Maui at least get $700. 🙃
> Let us keep in mind it is not just Biden. McConnell, Graham, Romney, and a host of others who claim to support our military are just as guilty. <
Right. The neocons are every bit as guilty here as is Biden.
Democrats throw money around like Hugo Chavez ,Obama’s buddy
We could rebuild Maui many times over for the money and materials Biden had given Ukraine…
Saw a great bumper sticker yesterday.....”Joe and the Ho - both gotta go”
When, oh when, are the people of America going to get it through their thick heads that Biden HATES AMERICA AND AMERICANS AND ESPECIALLY THE MILITARY?
Ukraine is an endless money pit.
The world ALREADY knows what the unholy US/Ukraine ‘monkey dance’ IS! everyone knows the kind and level of criminality going on and continues to delay accountability
It’s like the NAZI death camps, which continued receiving and murdering prisoners right up to the point of liberation by the allies
How much of that is taxable?
So many corrupt dealing with Ukraine the elected officials have to protect the anonymity.
The Ukraine kick backs to Biden are far higher than those of the people of Hawaii.
My personal take on Joe Biden:
sociopath
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a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
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