Comments by "Tx240" (@Texas240) on "$1B Aid on it's Way, $6B to Follow, 112 Infantile Republicans, Russia Vetoes UN Res on Space Nukes" video.

@ricardozetino6907 - the Republican Party put up such a huge fight over an aid package that ended up passing with majority support ANYWAY. That aid package was 60 billion. The Republican Party demanded we screw around in Afghanistan "nation building" and in Iraq "searching for WMD" (and causing a civil war). That cost 2.27 TRILLION dollars over 20 years and had NEGATIVE return on investment. Afghanistan is just as messed up as it was before 9/11, the Taliban are still in charge, AND they have all the equipment we left there for the Afghan "army". Iraq is now friendly with Iran. Meanwhile, the Ukrainians actually want our help, instead of us shoving it down their throat whether they want it or not (as in the Middle East), are fighting for their freedom from an oppressive neighbor (something every American should at LEAST understand, if not support), and Ukraine is using up equipment that we were due to decommission and replace anyway (except for artillery ammo, but even there they've shown how woefully unprepared the West was in that area).
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2:20 Raytheon reported last year that they'd maxxed out production capacity of the AIM 120 (used in the NASAMS as well as Western aircraft) at 1200 units per year. Lockheed reported this month that HIMARS ATACMS production is at 500 units per year. NOBODY is using either ammunition as much as Ukraine. So, it's a matter of which orders are filled in what order.
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Yup. Gerdes is wrong on this issue. Seizing assets when nations go rogue and destabilize the world will actually INCREASE confidence in the dollar and US banking system because it promotes global stability by not providing a safe house for warmongering rogue nations and their elite. Rule of law and stability are what make a fiat currency stable and valuable. If a nation decides to become an international outlaw, as Russia has, then they give up protections and benefits of stable systems in stable countries.
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If that's referring to Mike Johnson, the reason he flipped 180 after 6 months of staunch "no aid to Ukraine" is because Trump told him to get rid of the Ukraine issue. Ukraine aid being in the news was a losing issue for TRUMP. "What does Trump want me to do" is the ONLY thing that motivates Moscow Mike's decisions. He's Trump's lapdog (until he's of no more use to Trump then he'll be thrown under the bus or backstabbed, like everyone else who blindly served Trump before). I'm sure "deeply Christian" Moscow Mike though it was good and Christian for Ukrainian civilians to be dying from Russian missile attacks on "strategic" apartments.
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You're very right. "Nation building" in Iraq and Afghanistan cost $2.27 TRILLION combined. So, yeah. The "aid to Ukraine" (90% of which is spent in the USA) is a drop in the bucket and already A MUCH BETTER VALUE than what we got out of the investment into the Middle East which is no change in Afghanistan and Iraq changing from enemy of Iran to friendly with Iran.
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@cacwgm getting rid Saddam was a mistake. There was a reason we didn't do it the first time around when there was actually a reason to be there. Saddam was a counter to Iran. In a world of no good choices, he was the lesser of two evils. Now, Iraq is friendly with Iran.
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Which is virtually every generation for as long as it takes Man to evolve. History or historical lessons have a shelf life of only about 60 to 80 years, or about 1 generation. The history is there, but it's ignored and the lessons forgotten. It's a repeating trend throughout human history. Republicans tried to bury their heads in the sand prevent aid to Britain during WWII. Nobody in a position to act now remembers how wrong headed that was.
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