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It's almost like supporting an ally whose sovereign territory is being violated is some kind of different situation than the US unilaterally performing military actions in a variety of locations. Amazing!

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IncreasePosts1y ago

Wasn't every gun and rocket given to Ukraine a theft from the hungry and the cold?

sjsdaiuasgdiaOP1y ago

Probably not, since most of what we sent over was existing stock. The money had already been turned into weapons of war years ago. You can't really turn a gun or rocket into a loaf of bread.

IncreasePosts1y ago

And all of the money that was used to produce new arms?

sjsdaiuasgdiaOP1y ago

I'm not attempting to justify all military spending by the US, and have no desire to do so. I am not one to quote Smedley.

I am saying that support for Ukraine is pretty different from the kinds of behaviors that make people say "the USA shouldn't be the world police!"

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IncreasePosts1y ago

Wasn't every gun and rocket given to Ukraine a theft from the hungry and the cold?

sjsdaiuasgdiaOP1y ago

Probably not, since most of what we sent over was existing stock. The money had already been turned into weapons of war years ago. You can't really turn a gun or rocket into a loaf of bread.

IncreasePosts1y ago

And all of the money that was used to produce new arms?

sjsdaiuasgdiaOP1y ago

I'm not attempting to justify all military spending by the US, and have no desire to do so. I am not one to quote Smedley.

I am saying that support for Ukraine is pretty different from the kinds of behaviors that make people say "the USA shouldn't be the world police!"

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