Comments by "chaosXpert" (@chaosXP3RT) on "1420 by Daniil Orain"
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@leobm27 The war in Ukraine is about EU energy independence. The USA simply cannot increase the amount of LNG it sells to the EU. LNG will always be way inefficient compared to pipeline Natural Gas. Look at the vast oil fields discovered off the coast of Crimea and Natural Gas fields discovered in the Donbas in 2013. It's no coincidence that Russia annexed Crimea and the Donbas. Russia needs the EU to be energy independent because 1) they make a lot of money from selling natural gas and oil, 2) the energy dependence gave Russia strong political influence in the EU.
The USA, which has stated for a decade now, that it wants to focus on the Pacific, had been steadily decreasing the number of American soldiers in Europe until 2014. The US want the EU as a strong ally, independent of Russian or Chinese influence. Ukraine's natural gas and oil is a key to that independent EU.
I would have to do more research about the 2022 Ukraine Lend-Lease Act, however neither the UK, China, or the USSR ever repaid the USA in full over Lend-Lease. The idea that it was a debt trap was a total fabrication. There is no evidence to support this.
Currently, Republicans and Trump-supporters argue that the USA is giving corrupt Ukraine weapons for free. This is completely the opposite of your argument, which I find very interesting. The truth is that the US military-industrial complex does make money from the war in Ukraine, however not directly. The weapons Ukraine receives comes straight from US military stockpiles. However, the US military then orders these weapons to be replaced, and this is where the military-industrial complex makes it's money. Unfortunately, this is a double-edged sword, because if the US didn't send the old weapons in it's storage to Ukraine, American taxpayers would be paying to maintain this equipment in storage. The main issue is that George W. Bush ballooned the Pentagon's defense budget by some 4 times of what it was prior to 2001. US army officials at the time complained they had some much money, they didn't know what to spend it all on. The issue today isn't whether we should send weapons to Ukraine or not. It's whether American taxpayers will ever convince Congress to lower the Pentagon's budget.
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