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> Not giving more aid, there is a reasonable argument is not betrayal. Not donating more stuff maybe. But cutting off targeting, intelligence, satellites, and
by jopsen 2y ago
> Not giving more aid, there is a reasonable argument is not betrayal.
Not donating more stuff maybe.
But cutting off targeting, intelligence, satellites, and other enablers is pretty much betrayal!
Other countries have bought US equipment with certain capabilities and donated that stuff to Ukraine.
This makes the US an unreliable provider of military equipment.
Yes, of course the US has the ability to cut of things like this, but I doubt people buying HIMARS every feared they'd cutoff from enablers by the US as a negotiation tactic.
The US probably also has backdoors in some of the stuff, but using such backdoors is a one time event. Nobody will trust you afterwards.
- ty6853 2y agoA very valid point, although my perspective is destruction of the market for US arms is another healthy prospect in the pursuit of peace. That sweetens the deal for much of the antiwar crowd.