The debt ceiling agreement reached between the White House and House Republicans places no constraints on spending on the war in Ukraine, a White House official told Bloomberg.
The $113 billion that has been authorized to spend on the war in Ukraine so far was passed as supplemental emergency funds, which is exempt from the spending caps that are part of the debt ceiling deal.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, funding “designated as an emergency requirement or for overseas contingency operations would not be constrained, and certain other funding would not be subject to the caps.” The deal suspends the nation’s debt limit through January 1, 2025.
Hawks in Congress are looking to use emergency spending to increase the $886 billion military budget that was agreed to as part of the deal. The emergency funds could go beyond Ukraine and might be used to send weapons to Taiwan or for other spending that hawks favor as part of their strategy against China.
“We are almost certainly going to need a supplemental for Ukraine, which is, in my view, one of the most pressing defense challenges we have right now,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), according to Roll Call. “And the other obligations flow from China and Taiwan on one hand and Russia and Ukraine on the other.”
Other senators said they favor using the emergency funding to raise military spending altogether. The $886 billion budget is what President Biden asked for 2024, but Republican hawks have blasted the request as “inadequate.”
“Clearly our support for Ukraine will be outside the budget, as it has been in the past, but I’d like to see additional support for our own military in emergency supplementals as well,” said Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT).
The Senate passed the agreement, known as the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, on Thursday night in a vote of 63-36, sending the bill to President Biden’s desk. The legislation was passed through the House on Wednesday in a vote of 314-117.
But of course. Gotta “bleed” Russia right into WWIII.
The US has breezed past all of its exit ramps. Getting off the war highway now means going into the ditch or making a U-turn across the median.
I’m for the latter, but the former seems as likely. Or we all go over the cliff.
It’s a cliff at this point, but we die while we still have our moral superiority. Among everything else, that must be our most irritating quality to our enemies like the native Americans, Koreans, Vietnamese, or families of the Catholic Japanese we nuked. I’m sure I can think of more examples, only my senile brain doesn’t want to. (Sarcasm)
It’s kind of Pollyannish to believe there would be such a limit and if there was one, it would be followed.
But sometimes hope is all one has.
So true. But you’d think they’d wait a couple days so the normal attention span was well past.
Support for Ukraine still has pretty broad support accross the US political spectrum. Aid will continue as long as it’s that way.
https://www.stltoday.com/poll-half-of-us-public-backs-arms-support-for-ukraine/article_0f9c1fa1-0921-539b-b962-098b0e7f8aae.html
They can easily manufacture consent. Poll numbers only measure the effectiveness of their lies. But there is the distinct danger they’re going to take it to the next level. They’re in so deep now “returning were as tedious as going o’er”. In which case we are all in for a very bitter ‘collateral’ death.
And if the politicians think they can escape it,,GOT SOME NEWS FOR You….learn from history DC Ghouls.
Sure. I’m wondering how those surveys would turn out if there were a few additional questions.
1. Would you still be ok with Ukrainian aid if it meant domestic spending would be cut?
2. Would you still be ok with Ukrainian aid if it meant that domestic spending would be cut and it would affect you?
how dare you
Or even if it doesn’t affect us, Wars.
No debt ceiling for the war, but cuts in food stamps and welfare assistance that affect some of the least fortunate among us.
Guess those folks are considered the most disposable.
There’s no debt ceiling, period. It’s been suspended until January of 2025.
They can spend as much as they want, on anything they want. And they can do it in either of two ways:
1) Just breaking the deal (do you think the president will veto spending that breaks the deal?); or
2) Declaring an emergency, some kind of emergency, any kind of emergency, and passing “emergency supplemental” spending on anything they claim, truly or falsely, relates to that emergency in any way, shape, manner, or form.
The whole fight was just theater.
Well, apparently so, Thomas! 😳
The U.S. went off the rails really starting with Lyndon Johnson and it’s only accelerated since then with hardly a pause regardless of which administration is in power, but the trend has been forever increased spending by the Government. Even when they speak of a reduction in spending, they play number games. For instance, when they talk about a reduction in spending, what they really mean is instead of increasing spending 2 Trillion, we’re only going to increase spending 1.5 Trillion, and they consider thus a decrease in spending. Also, the savings are always off sometime in the future. It’s good to be King.
Figures lie and liars figure.
Excellent insights!
A couple more reasons that the whole thing is a charade.
A guy just flipped the cart he stole from Walmart upside down in protest. All his belongings are spread all over the street. …No. Not Wall Street… All over every major street in the US. Just look around for the homeless when you drive. just. about. anywhere. (Sarcasm alert)
Because most are too lazy to read and listen to something other than the MSM and their total lies. A very nasty spanking is coming to all in the USA, no one will escape it.
Try waging an actual first-hand war with just 58% behind it though.
This isn’t the 60’s and the protests over the Vietnam war. The ghouls in charge learned from that war about controlling the story, and made sure that from here on out, they would control the narrative, and the media outlets. As we know longer have a free press but a Gov’ment press, it’s much easier to control the storyline. until the truth becomes obvious even to the blind.
Exactly: Here’s a perfect recent example of someone named “Rachel Madcow” (I think?): https://www.youtube.com/live/FOk5VySfRyI?feature=share
NOTE: people cheering for her after Max is kicked out by police state operatives.
Certainly no images of body bags being discharged from planes anymore, Bill.
Hi Wars, I noticed an article in the NEWS SECTION on antiwar from “The Moscow Times.” Upon further research, it appears to be a 100% US/NATO mouthpiece. Antiwar did not indicate the location or origin of this “independent” newspaper. I didn’t expect that from antiwar. Perhaps they’re not aware?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moscow_Times#Founding
Interesting: Claim that it “appears to be a 100% US/NATO mouthpiece,” then post a link that offers no evidence whatsoever for the supposed “appearance.”
Were you hoping no one would check the link?
Is Aeroflot (whose catering subsidiary’s director is the majority owner of the Times) also a NATO front?
Well, of course:
https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2023-05-17-media-manager-from-the-netherlands-derk-sauer-became-the-director-of-the-dozhd-tv-channel.S1eZu1eMBh.html
Interesting.
But again, why make a claim, then post a link that didn’t support your claim, rather than one that did?
LOL, all I needed to know is they moved out rather than declare funding sources. But do I look like I have a team of Julian Assanges to investigate this claim? The Wikipedia article I referred to is suspicious enough for me. I picked it up with my aluminum foil antenna. (Sarcasm)
Well, OK.
But then, I see that you say you “noticed a news article” at Antiwar.com “from” the Moscow Times. Somehow I doubt that. You may have seen a link to to an article from the Moscow Times on Antiwar.com.
My guess would be that it’s this one?
Are you aware of any inaccuracies in the article? Does it differ materially from, say, the accounts offered by RT and Sputnik?
If not, does that mean RT and Sputnik are “100% US/NATO mouthpieces?”
I am not clear what you’re trying to say. It’s in today’s news section on the main front page antiwar website. I don’t ignore when people present facts in a bad light. I am sure you’re aware of Malcolm X quote on the influence of the media. Funding source information should be easily available for all to see before I would buy a claim of free independent media. But here’s the important part, war is not a beauty contest. I don’t care if I pass your beauty contest requirements.
Yes, there is a LINK TO an article at the Moscow Times on the main front page of Antiwar.com right now. That’s a lot different than Antiwar.com running an article from the Moscow Times on our site. We link to hundreds of news pieces a week, at many publications.
The article that is linked to is pretty much exactly the same article that you’ll find on Russian state media. Is Russian state media a NATO mouthpiece?
Hmm, but I don’t ever recall Russia state media calling itself, “Washington Times?” Or, “Free United States?”
Care to rephrase that into English?
Nevermind, I thought we were trying to get more ridiculous.
“Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) plans to introduce amendments to the debt ceiling deal that would remove military spending caps.”
I guess we can only hope someone takes Russia up on their offer. Wait, I hear a knocking at my door and a helicopter overhead.
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
Knocking On Heaven’s Door
We need to elect people to smash the glass debt ceiling.
We can only elect what the corporate donors/owners of government allow us to elect.
“Debt Ceiling Deal Puts No Limits on Ukraine Aid Emergency spending that has been used to arm Ukraine is exempt and it could also be used to arm Taiwan”
FJB.
By the time this is over America will be a financial wasteland and even our children’s children will be bankrupt.
and violence will be unleashed from one end of the country to the other and all blame on the DC GHOULS and the USA voters who consented to the madness.
“Debt Ceiling Deal Puts No Limits on Ukraine Aid Emergency spending that has been used to arm Ukraine is exempt and it could also be used to arm Taiwan”
FJB.
By the time this is over America will be a financial wasteland and even our children’s children will be bankrupt.
Politicians will play their games with the debt ceiling authorization. But, down the road, the final decision will be made by those who purchase US debt. To draw an analogy, Capitol Hill is acting like a teenager who thinks he/she can keep spending because he/she still has checks.
Anything outside the budget is as un-American as outside the US budget.
I assume Lend Ceiling does Not exist…!
MUST READ:
Patrick Lawrence: The War We’re Finally Allowed to See
Consortium News
When congress is full of warmongering neocons…
And neolibs too, Pal 😐
Neocons , Neolibs, US government on both sides is as equally ruthless and evil.
This is sending only one message to Vladimir Putin.
Prepare for full scale global thermonuclear war.
Hyper Inflation here we come……..
2025…. Just in time for the next president to be made a scapegoat.
Do the Democrats really believe that no debt ceiling will help reelect the demented president? They are blocking the RFK Jr candidacy, and his chance to speak the truth to the people already. Kind of stupid, he will be a great write in candidate and makes the Democrats look even more stupid. Our political class, regardless of party, makes you p*ke.
Is there any politician with integrity left to vote for? We have decades of despicable government.
THe USA Gov. CLEARLY, does not represent the will or the betterment of the USA citizen,,and what does the founding documents say we should do, can do, when such a situation becomes reality?????
They need to keep feeding an insatiable MIC……….
Military spending consumes 53% of all the money that Congress and the President authorize the Government to spend. In the debt-limit agreement military spending was increased and social programs for the poor were cut.
The MIC is destroying America from within. They are nothing but parasites on the good people of America. And when America is sucked dry they will move onto another host country.
“Military spending consumes 53% of all the money that Congress and the President authorize the Government to spend.”
Incorrect. It consumes about 53% of “discretionary” spending. And only about 30% of the spending is “discretionary.” So about 16% of the money Congress and the President authorize the government to spend.
” In the debt-limit agreement military spending was increased and social programs for the poor were cut.”
“Social programs for the poor” were kept where they are for one year, and allowed to grow by 1% per year after that. But they’ll almost certainly grow by more than 1% in both that first year and subsequent years.
Spot on. Well said!
“Military spending consumes 53% of all the money that Congress and the President authorize the Government to spend.”
Incorrect. It consumes about 53% of “discretionary” spending. And only about 30% of the spending is “discretionary.” So about 16% of the money Congress and the President authorize the government to spend.
” In the debt-limit agreement military spending was increased and social programs for the poor were cut.”
“Social programs for the poor” were kept where they are for one year, and allowed to grow by 1% per year after that. But they’ll almost certainly grow by more than 1% in both that first year and subsequent years.
So you do expect the poverty rate to go up without considering the inflation. That is very unrealistic, how can they govern with unrealistic factors like 1%. They do know there will be brutal cuts for the poor. We must fund the MICC first, wars have priority.
WHY BOTHER TO VOTE, WHAT IS THE POINT???
The discretionary part of the military budget which is close to 1 trillion $$ is only a part of the military budget, retirement and medical costs are not included in discretionary spending. Families of KIA SOLDIERS, SB and disability are paid with social security payroll deductions.
We do know our war profiteers the nations elite are protected from paying some taxes, people like Senator Manchin make sure of that.
It is all called democracy
If it was up to me, the military budget would be cut by 10% per year until it had been cut by 90%. And then I’d cut the other 10% too.
The same goes for all other government budget items.
I do favor allowing all but the very worst of the politicians and former government employees to stop being parasites and return to the productive sector rather than just killing them, though.
Our social services are poor as it is, there is nothing to cut unless we want to compare to third world standards. But what a dream if we could cut only 50% of the discretionary defense budget only. We could let the corks of the champagne bottles hit the ceiling.
Well, the problem is that Americans seem to want the kind of social-democratic welfare state common in western Europe, but don’t want to do what would have to be done to pay for it in the way that it’s paid for over there, which is by taxing the “middle class” at nearly double the rate as over here.
And any American politician who suggests that if the American “middle class” wants e.g. single-payer healthcare, quality nationwide mass transit, etc., they should pull out their wallets and pay for it, will be sent home at the next election.
We need a more fair tax system. When you compare taxes does that include progressive fed income tax and the local regressive state taxes and extremely high local property taxes, sales taxes and fees like toll roads and so on? They do have a highly regressive VAT, and the economy has to a much more regressive neoliberal economy, but redistributions of wealth has not been quite as extreme as in the US, just not yet, but they are on the way. Big money always wins. The Europeans will need generations to rebuild what is being destroyed now, e.g. Germany and the EU. But it requires well paid jobs to pay taxes. People must be able to earn enough to buy
their own products.
If we had a national properly managed health insurance we would eliminate the huge for profit margins of private insurance and have a more economical system than private for PROFIT industry only. We need Medicare because older people were not profitable enough for the private sector. ACA now subsidizes premiums for difficult to insure people with pre-existing health issues making sure the industry is not losing a dime. We do have public and private schools why not the same health care system? But underfunding public healthcare next to unregulated private insurance does not work either. The insurance industry needs to be regulated. We need good government which we don’t have. Europeans used to have better government than what they have now.
In response to your last paragraph, a bit off topic.
A little addition concerning national health care compared to other wealthy nations, like Germany.
Germany spends about 10% of GDP on health care covering every single citizen including dental care. They fund it with payroll deductions like SS. ( I do not know if taxes fund medical care for the millions of refugees and how they are included)
The USA spends almost 20% of GDP on health care and many people don’t have health care and others file for bankruptcy because they can’t pay the bills. Why is it so expensive? Why do we spend so much more and get so much less? It is how we use our resources.
Insurance premiums alone cover big profit margins for the industry, and in addition to that the government funds almost 50% of the nations health care.
The premiums cover huge profits, an unregulated private insurance industry is the problem.
”If it was up to me, the military budget would be cut by 10% per year until it had been cut by 90%. And then I’d cut the other 10% too” and let the enemies we’ve created over the years invade us and get their revenge. I too would cut the military budget by bringing all out troops home and stop policing the world but a 100% cut? No way.
Well, there are two explanations for your position versus mine:
1) I’m an anarchist and you’re not; and
2) I understand what the apocryphal Japanese general said about “a rifle behind every blade of grass,” and that more than 100 million Americans own more than 400 million guns (excluding the armed forces and their equipment), and therefore understand that a citizen militia, even if not assisted by a tiny “professional” cadre, would shut down any such invasion before it much got started, and you don’t.
All those guns would make it impossible to have any army land on our shores, but they wouldn’t prevent any devastation from planes, missiles, rockets and drones.
Neither does the existing military.
???
U.S. OMB says U.S. military spending this year is $1.448T, next year’s request is $1.510T.
Currently, the U.S. Government spends around 53% of all of its congressionally and Presidentially authorized (or “discretionary”) annual spending on its military, and only 47% on all other purposes.
US total Revenue is approx. $4.9T. Total spending is approx. $6.3T. (based on 2022 figures). 25% of all US spending is on illegal wars of aggression. The US spends more on wars of aggression than the Budget Deficit.
Approximately 26% of America’s approximately $1.5T annual ‘defense’ expenditures go to pay its armaments manufacturers. Currently, America has 900 foreign military bases, and 749 U.S. military bases. Either this situation will continue and we will go into World War Three, or else there will be an enormous change and overthrow of the U.S. military-industrial complex
Both “discretionary” and “non-discretionary” government spending are congressionally and presidentially authorized.
The discretionary defense budget is for one year and is half the discretionary budget while spending for infrastructure covers 10 years and is less than the one year defense bill.
And?
And you know what it is all about, the usual deliberate government obfuscation. Be honest with the defense discretionary defense budget and multiply it by 10 and then compare. We also understand that congress will add additional money to the defense bill, they hold back to make the budget look better. Bush did it with the war in Iraq, he asked for more after the budget was passed and signed. We could have the best infrastructure worldwide, and look what we have.
Why do we have such low quality standards for our government??? This is a democracy, we need honest politicians we can trust.
The actual military budget is certainly higher than advertised. Not ten times higher (the ENTIRE budget isn’t ten times higher), but higher.
It’s pretty much six of one and half a dozen of the other. The US regime is just as much a kleptocracy as, say, Ukraine’s or Russia’s or Venezuela’s, but insists on a lot of pageantry to pretend otherwise instead of just being open about it.
The pretense of a budget is part of that. A lot more drama about how “free and fair” its rigged elections are (instead of just openly outlawing opposition parties, throwing opponents in jail, and busting opposition rallies with “can you believe I get away with this shit?” smirks about “democracy,” like Zelenskyy or Putin or Maduro) is another.
Good points. Not to offend you, but Putin and Maduro are duly elected as was Chavez before Maduro, but they are not our presidents hand puppets so our narrative is to demonize them. Our elections are pretty scandalous to put it mildly, no outsider would justify a bloody regime change. The US does meddle in other countries elections. The hand puppet Scholz and the Greens in Germany did not get there by accident. Bannon was in Germany for months before the elections and I doubt that whole parties turn 180 degrees just like that. It is more than fishy to me. The Greens turned from extreme left to extreme right in no time. A Harbeck and Baerbock would never have made it in government.
This is the nation of Adenauer, Schmidt, Brandt, Kohl and Schroeder, they were statesmen. The Scholz cabal is fouling trash not even mediocre.
Yes, Putin and Maduro were “duly elected,” after jailing and/or barring from the ballot all their credible opponents. Just like Biden was “duly elected” in a system that has been purposely evolved over the course of more than a century to accomplish the same objective but with different optics. A system that I spill a LOT more ink opposing than I spill on criticizing those other systems.
Yes, the US meddles in other countries’ elections — far more often, and far more effectively, than e.g. Russia. You’ve never seen me defend that, and I’ve often attacked it.
The only foreign power that really seems to be much of a heavyweight when it comes to meddling in US elections is Israel. Some other regimes use limited lobbying/finance power to bend particular politicians (see, for example, the Kosovar Albanian lobby’s ties to John McCain back in the day), but Israel is the only one that seems to have a well-funded, broad-based, effective, nationwide election-meddling apparatus going.
Don’t forget the Monroe doctrine serving American interests. If you have credible links supporting your allegations of jailing and barring credible opposition in Russia and Venezuela please post them.
Navalny and Guaido were CIA connected people, the regime changes are just two big CIA failures. Recall the school of the Americas in Georgia were Noriega and many more were trained to govern in the interest of American business like the Fruit company in Latin America? would you say Assange is a political prisoner of the USA/UK, he is an Australian citizen. His treatment in UK is brutal, but you do know that.
You seem to think I’m pro-US-policy or something. I’m not. Yes, Assange is a political prisoner.
Maduro didn’t keep his banning of opponents from the 2018 presidential election a secret. He announced in December of 2017 that he was unilaterally disqualifying all parties that boycotted municipal/mayoral elections from running presidential candidates. He did magnanimously allow two hand-picked “opponents” to split the anti-Maduro vote.
Nor did Putin hide his banning of Navalny. That ban was publicly announced, and was affirmed by Russia’s Supreme Court on January 6, 2018.
The US uni-party’s ban on opposition is less noticeable than the Russian or Venezuelan equivalents because the US uni-party has had 130 years to get the job done with ballot access laws, exclusive debate commissions, etc., rather than the less than 25 years that the Venezuelan and Russian regimes have had. So those other regimes have sometimes used more blunt, obvious instruments.
We have gerrymandering and a SC deciding who won the elections, money is in control, the same is true for the European democracies. Navalny was trained in Yale as a future leader, had only 2% of the popular votes and serves time for fraud, his brother already served his time. Navalny did not report to officials as his probation required him to do. when they alleged poisoning, even now there is no evidence, same as the Scribal incident. Looks like that goes with democracy, it is not what it is supposed to be.
One point, no German medical doctor confirmed with his/her name the government report about Navalny’s treatment. Also he was in good condition to be transported to Germany, all propaganda the Russians could have stopped. Then he took a long government paid vacation in the Black Forest where they made a video of a hotel building ruin claiming it to be a Putin mansion. The value democracies refused an honest investigation, same as the Scripals’ and the pipeline denied investigation and the dam will be the same.
When you post you aim at Russia, at least that is the impression one gets. Anyone who says anything objectively good about Putin the president they are called Putin lovers. Your caveat is understandable.
“When you post you aim at Russia, at least that is the impression one gets.”
Sure it is — if you’ve already made up your mind to believe what you want to believe because it’s what you want to believe and just can’t stand to have facts that call that belief into question mentioned.
On this particular site, people who think that being anti-war means supporting Russian wars whine that I’m “anti-Russian” for not pretending that Vladimir Putin is any better than Joe Biden or Volodomyr Zelenskyy.
On Twitter, people who think that being anti-war means supporting anti-Russian wars whine that I’m a “Putin-lover” for not pretending that Joe Biden or Volodomyr Zelenskyy are any better than Vladimir Putin.
Just like people who thought that being anti-war meant supporting US wars whined that I was “with the terrorists” when I refused to pretend that George W. Bush was any better than Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussein back in the day.
Don’t ignore objectivity and facts. The fact is that our government officials are liars and have lost their credibility if they ever had credibility. The fact is, that main stream media is in tune with the government mantra and no voice of critic is allowed in print or on TV, the same is true of the NATO nations. Biden is being glorified and Putin has been demonized for as long as I can remember, I recall no objective discussion about anything Putin has said, and he does make speeches our officials should listen to. Name one speech Biden ever made that could compare with a Putin speech. Fact is, Biden has nothing to say, he campaigns with BS speeches. He is just an empty suit. Ukraine is being annihilated because Biden will not support a cease fire and diplomatic negotiations with Putin, he said Putin must go first. So much stupidity and HUBRIS to demand regime change of the popular, elected head of state of a nuclear power. What a limited head of state Biden is.
I did vote for Biden, did not like him much but hoped he would appoint a competent administration, how wrong I was. Look at the neocons and the string of failures in their Resumes.
Navalny is the left-over of another failed regime change like Gauido in Venezuela. Biden said Putin has to go, no negotiations as long as Putin is president and the RF must be broken up. Control over Russia is why Ukrainians and Russians are dying. Zelenskyy signed a law forbidding any diplomatic negotiations with President Putin.
What is the point of having a debt ceiling? Every year there is the same circus over raising the debt ceiling.
The Russian MOD is fighting a very successful war of attrition disarming NATO (Ukraine was disarmed in March 2022), tank by tank, artillery by artillery, air defense by air defense. Russia now will fight NATO to the last European.
At the May 9th Victory Day Parade Vladimir Putin has included the De-occupation of Ukraine as an objective of the SMO. The SMO now will achieve De-Nazification, Demilitarisation and De-Occupation of Ukraine.
If the Ukrainian people want their sovereignty back then they need to remove NATO who has illegally occupied Ukraine since the coup in 2014.
NATO overall has accumulated the following equipment losses;
432 Aircraft, 236 helicopters, 4452 UAV’s, 424 Anti Aircraft systems, 9361 tanks inc. APC’s, 1110 multiple rocket launchers, 4984 rocket launchers and 10624 military automotive equipment.
What the empire looses in the Ukraine, they loose for the final Russian attack on NATO. Russia has shown they will pre-emptively attack to defend the Motherland when the time is dictated by events on the ground.
US/NATO is to blame for the situation in Ukraine for having installed arms depots and military bases in violation of their signature of the OSCE Istanbul Declaration (2013).
US/NATO is to blame for the situation in Ukraine for organizing and supporting a coup d’état in 2014 against the legitimate authorities of Ukraine.
US/NATO is to blame for the situation in Ukraine for failing to implement the Minsk Agreements, signed by Germany and France (2014 and 2015) and subsequently ratified by the United Nations Security Council.
US/NATO is to blame for the situation in Ukraine for having taken unilateral coercive measures against Russia in violation of the UN Charter (1947).
While this is my position on the European War it is also the position of Li Hui who is one of China’s most senior diplomats and is a representative of the People’s Republic of China.
Under international law, selling arms makes you responsible for their use. If the US and NATO supply arms to Ukraine then they must ensure that it will only be used to defend itself.
Otherwise, under international law they will be at war with Russia.
However the entity of Ukraine is illegal under international law, US/NATO overthrew the legitimate government in a violent bloody coup and installed a rump Rada to implement its illegal war of aggression against the Russian Federation. US/NATO used ethnic cleansing and genocide as a means of usurping democracy to ensure that their rabidly racist and anti Russian Nazi Government could remain in power.
This is also true for Taiwan. The entity of Taiwan is not sovereign and any weapons transfer under international law is illegal. Under international law there is no ability to transfer weapons to a non state authority. This by its very definition is state sponsored international terrorism.
Americans are suckers. We should be loaning $$ to Ukraine not “Aid”
Taxpayers on the hook for sensless war.
“Debt Ceiling Deal Puts No Limits on Ukraine Aid”
America is a circus act lead by an insane congenital liar clown Joey Biden.
Polish and US Nazis entered the territory of the Russian Federation as part of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group.
There was one Russian man killed in the nearby village. He was shot dead by the NATO terrorists. The victim was the commander of the local territorial defense forces. The wife of the victim testified that she was held hostage by Poles and Americans.