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It’s easier, politically, for the Biden administration to justify the Ukraine support budget when purchasing US made munitions.
by mikeryan 3y ago
It’s easier, politically, for the Biden administration to justify the Ukraine support budget when purchasing US made munitions.
- x3874 3y agoThank you for pointing out this fact
- cornholio 3y agoWhile the far more cost effective step would be to dismantle these outdated production lines and ship them into Ukraine, where they can be operated by cheap, skilled labor, with much diminished environmental and safety overhead, as part of a war economy. Every modern war is a production war, you either outproduce your opponent, or you get overwhelmed. If Ukraine can't achieve self reliance and remains fully dependent on western trickle down, it cannot succeed long term.
- jeremyjh 3y agoIf the US can kill Russians only by giving money and weapons to Ukraine they will definitely keep doing it. Ukraine has the will to fight and that’s way more important than native production lines.