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Could you kindly support your statement with the source? AFAIK most aid provided to Ukraine is not under lend-lease but donated to them
"Any loan or lease of defense articles to the Government of Ukraine under paragraph (1) shall be subject to all applicable laws concerning the return of and reimbursement and repayment for defense articles loan or leased to foreign governments."
Can you provide a source for your statement that these were donations?
> Can you provide a source for your statement that these were donations?
You made the first claim, it's on you to prove it because disproving something is harder than making false claim. But you can have my source anyway.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily...
The vast majority of the "billions" given to Ukraine is made up of stuff that we actively are trying to throw away.
There's also a lot of financial support to pay for basic services, which doesn't directly translate into machine guns, but is vital for Ukraine's war effort.
But the fact is, there are no missing howitzers or HIMARS. That's just Russian propaganda meant to dissuade western support.
Just a firehose of bullshit. It's insane how easily people want to buy it.
I wonder, too, if you would be doing the same thing if you saw a russian missile flying towards you.
On the contrary, what benefit would accrue to you for stopping an investigation of these blood suckers?
If I was forced at gunpoint to point out the obvious, Ukraine was one of the most corrupt countries in Europe prior to the war. Unless you are saying that - magically - the people who were syphoning money and treasure from the Ukrainian people were all killed or "vanished", the same appetites for corruption still exist while large amounts of resources are being poured in. This is literally the opportunity of a lifetime for aforementioned bullet-stealing bloodsuckers.
The US has never been good at tracking money or getting value for money. Even during the Civil War, Union capitalists initially looted the Union with broken weapons and badly made uniforms. Haliburton is a more recent example of this poopstain on the American economy.
While the amount of corruption is in question, given the above two, there is every reason to believe financial corruption is happening. Those who disingeously pretend everything is normal are frankly suspicious.
Honestly, I can't believe I need to make this clear in a discussion about "War Is A Racket". Then again, a weaker, poorer America that isn't able to murder brown people for fun and profit is in my personal benefit, so maybe your ignorance is beneficial. Yes, please don't investigate; any such suggestion was clearly made by Russian bots.