Comments by "" (@snowcat9308) on "My Global issues"
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Cute! But no. HIMARS uses GPS to guide its missiles in. That's why they need to triangulate the position on a map (or, get this, a GPS), so that they can mark the target for the missile to hit. That's how precision guidance works, and it's been a part of US doctrine for decades.
That's weird though, because I don't see the FPV drone being jammed. I see it following Russian artillery to an ammo depot and then calling in an artillery strike. Seems like pretty skillful coordination on the Ukrainians' part.
The war has gone from territorial to attritional. Ukraine alone does not have the stocks to stand up to a regional power like Russia, but neither does any other single European country. That's why they banded together with us to create NATO. 77 Billion dollars is less than ONE PERCENT of the TOTAL US Government Budget in ONE YEAR (the war has been going on for almost two), and HALF of Russia's tanks have been destroyed, their economy is doing poorly (though it could be doing worse: thanks greedy corporations who don't care about anything except short term profits :3), and they've already experienced their first coup attempt.
So uh, honk honk tovarisch 🤡🤡
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@damonwilson3577 We aren't giving money to Ukraine because we "owe it to them", but because they are on the frontline of Russia's westward expansionism (both by military conquest and cultural manipulation through misinformation, the latter of which you've clearly fallen victim to). If you don't care about the innocent Ukrainians dying in this war of Russian aggression, then you surely care for our allies and our standing on the global stage. If Russia is allowed to continue its advance, ALL OF US will suffer (culturally, financially, physically, mentally).
I have no idea who told you that we don't have oversight for our money going to Ukraine, but that is factually wrong. I give you The Ukraine Investigations Dashboard for September 2023 from the US Office of the Inspector General: https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2023-10/Ukraine%20Investigations%20Dashboard%20%28Sept%202023%29_0.pdf
By no means do I think that this is perfect or wholesome in its scope, but it's also not nothing despite what you claimed. Dude. This was literally 15 seconds of Google searching and 5 minutes of reading.
My point in bringing up our spending figures is to establish that we are barely throwing around our logistical heft and absolutely crushing the Russian military while we do it (in no small part thanks to the brave sacrifices of Ukrainian soldiers DEFENDING THEIR HOMELAND).
This war isn't about territory anymore, but attrition. And, as the Russians learned in the 1940s, when the US is feeding and fueling and arming your military, you won't lose that war of attrition. And even if Ukraine loses, they only lose about 20% of their territory, while Russia will have to sit on a ruined economy, a failed coup, and a devastated military.
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