2024-07-04

How support for Ukraine harms the United States

We all watched the propaganda campaign to persuade Congress and the general public to go along with spending $61 billion on aid to Ukraine.
What you did not see was a discussion of how this harmed the United States.

Well, here is a fact:
The U.S. budget dedicated to defense is not infinite.
Having allocated that $61 billion to Ukraine, who is going to be left in the lurch?

Well, for example, see 

https://defensescoop.com/2024/06/21/air-force-ngad-delay-cancellation-analysis

"on June 13 Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin hinted the service might be reevaluating plans due to funding constraints. He later told reporters during a June 14 briefing that “deliberations are still underway” and that the department is “looking at a lot of very difficult options that we have to consider.” 
...
The [Air Force] certainly has no shortage of budget-related concerns. 
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“Because of this chronic underfunding, the Air Force must now modernize almost every element of its aging forces, including the two legs of the nuclear triad it is responsible for — the ICBM force and nuclear-capable bombers. After funding nuclear modernization, there is little budget left for other modernization programs” "

Hello, Ukraine.
American politicians: Stooges of the Ukraine lobby.