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US Senate approves $95bn for US weapons manufacturers to make weapons for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
Good, Ukraine and Taiwan need them.
I agree. I'm just trying to address the commonly held misconception that piles of cash are being sent abroad. The bulk of the money is spent in America and the weapons are sent to the allies.
That's a gross oversimplification.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/13/us-national-security-bill-ukraine-israel-explainer
About $30 billion for Ukraine military arms and military support.
About $20 billion to support Ukraine government basic function, the private sector, and Ukrainian refugees.
About $19 billion for Israeli arms, and $2.5 billion for related US military operations.
The following is huge: $9.2 billion for humanitarian aid to Gaza, the West Bank, Ukraine, and some other war zones.
About $8 billion for partners in the Indo Pacific to resist China encroachment
$1.9 billion to Taiwan for arms
$3.3 billion to build submarines in the US for Australia and the UK.
you might want to go back and actually find out where that 95bn is going instead of making things up
Please enlighten me