Here’s an important weekly reminder that the expression “the US sends money to Ukraine” is misleading since over 95% of that money never leaves the US. What’s actually being sent is old, outdated weaponry in that amount of money. Then, to replace that weaponry with new and up-to-date kind, the money in question is being spent here in the US. This helps curb inflation which otherwise would be a lot higher.
It’s truly shocking how many educated, usually not dumb people actually think that all that money is really sent to Ukraine as money. One person I talked to even said that cash was being sent. To my question of how cash can help win a war, the answer was, “I don’t know”. The poor individual probably imagined Ukrainian soldiers throwing rolls of banknotes at the enemy.
Sadly, the Biden administration can’t explain all this to its voters. There are too many people among them who would start pouting at the idea of the US actively replenishing its military arsenal. As a result, noxious stories are fabricated and the administration can’t tout its own very conservative and successful strategy.
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The problem is much more about ammunition than weapons, which this war has at least drawn attention to.
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-boosts-artillery-key-ukraine-aims-hundreds-thousands-shells-month-2023-9
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That sounds depressingly like the World Bank/IMF scam the US has been running for eons already– provide “aid” in X billion dollar amount, but stipulate that it can only be used to hire certain well-connected US-based contractors….
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