> 1.5B was worth it to keep our ally secure, and trying to use it in the US was kinda an afterthought There are still people who believe congresscritters read

> 1.5B was worth it to keep our ally secure, and trying to use it in the US was kinda an afterthought There are still people who believe congresscritters read (or even AUTHOR!) their own bills, because they say so and that these kinds of handshake agreements between countries are purely popaganda (re: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22507605 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22507605).