The Biden administration has asked Congress for $10 billion for military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine and other countries in the region, a significantly higher amount than initially requested.
Last week, the White House asked for $6.4 billion, but the number was expected to increase as members of Congress called for more spending for Ukraine.
“This request identifies an immediate need for $10 billion in additional humanitarian, security, and economic assistance for Ukraine and Central European partners,” the White House said in its formal request to Congress that was sent Wednesday.
The $10 billion request includes $4.8 billion that will go directly to the Pentagon to cover costs of deploying more troops to Eastern Europe, replenishing arms that the US has sent to Ukraine, including Stinger missiles, and increased intelligence and cybersecurity support.
Another $5 billion will go to the State Department and the US Agency for International Development (USAID), including $500 million for the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program for Ukraine to acquire more weapons. The State Department’s FMF gives countries money that they can use to buy American-made arms.
The $10 billion is on top of the additional $350 million in military aid for Ukraine that the Biden administration announced last week. The US reportedly delivered Raytheon-made Stinger missiles to Ukraine this week for the first time.
I seem to remember hearing that it was because the U.S. forced the Soviet Union to spend, spend, spend on their military and arms race that the country collapsed broke.
Maybe what goes around comes around. U.S.’s national debt is over $30 Trillion which doesn’t include all the unfunded liabilities ahead. Yet we just can’t spend enough on wars. Mmmm.
“replenishing arms that the US has sent to Ukraine,”
There you go – profits for the military-industrial complex.
As for “humanitarian aid”, Russia just delivered 30 tons of aid to Ukrainian towns. Which also makes hash of the MSM idea that “Russian troops are running out of food.”
Patrick Armstrong posts a new recap of the situation from his perspective, which is mostly right on.
RUSSIA UKRAINE 2
https://patrickarmstrong.ca/2022/03/04/russia-ukraine-2/
Read the rest – it’s very good.
Of course the $7billion stolen from the destroyed Afghanistan will be spent carefully for peaceful development, and the unreported actions in Yemen by our allies the Saudis will continue. Only 400 000 deaths so far , and the Houthis are of course “terrorists “and their children are of no value. Luckily we have kept this news very quiet as our white, right allies in country 404 , led by heroic Ze passing out weapons to all and sundry, receive rapturous attention from the EU leader Ursula (check out her family tree).
LOL Biden wants 10 billion , more like the MIC wants 10 billion.
Same thing.
No money for Amerikans but plenty for war.
Yep. To h*ll with starving kids in the U.S., collapsing bridges.
I guess we’ll borrow more money from China while we antagonize them with Taiwan, sanctions and keep them out of several high tech markets.
Now we are entering the realm of the asymmetrical warfare and the unintended consequences….
There has been a bombing of the largest nuclear plant with the Russians blaming the Ukrainians and vice versa. Somebody is playing not with nuclear war, but with atoms. Releasing enormous amounts of radiation will be catastrophic for the region and for those countries nearby.
To deal with this, instead of trying to bring the conflict to an end, Biden is pouring gasoline onto a smoldering fire while the MSM idolizes the buffoon in Ukraine.
Biden’s policy seems more and more suicidal by the day.
Follow the money, and you’ll find the motive.
“This request identifies an immediate need for $10 billion in additional humanitarian, security, and economic assistance for Ukraine and Central European partners,” the White House said in its formal request to Congress that was sent Wednesday.
The only pushback from congress will be that that isn’t near enough.
Bingo!