From: pianoforte109@yahoo.com   
      
   On 10/2/23 10:41 AM, ScottW wrote:   
   > On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 7:55:32 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:   
   >> On 10/1/23 6:22 PM, ScottW wrote:   
   >>> Eurobarometer survey in August found a decline in the number of   
   >>> Europeans who support Ukraine aid.   
   >>>   
   >>> Total support for providing Ukraine with military funding fell   
   >>> from 67 to 48 percent over the same period.   
   >>>   
   >>> No wonder Putin thinks he can push forward and restore the Soviet   
   >>> Union. It's like treating drug addicts. Who wants to save someone   
   >>> who doesn't want to save themself?   
   >> I have some bad news for you concerning Republican members of   
   >> Congress.   
   >   
   > They have a better argument than the Europeans, even though I still   
   > don't agree with less funding.   
      
   What's the better argument for no funding?   
      
   > Here's a bunch of malarky.  Much of the equipment supplied is in   
   > storage destined for scrap. But our DoD in it's wisdom didn't want to   
   > write it off the books and take the scrap costs. So it hits the books   
   > at full value when sent to Ukraine. They run the DoD like it's a   
   > corporation facing tax audits. It's nuts.   
      
   Isn't it still worth full value until it's scrapped?   
      
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