From: ScottW48@hotmail.com   
      
   On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 10:16:12 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:   
   > 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?   
      
   We don't face a russian army on our border.   
      
   Was it really that hard for you?   
      
      
   > > 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?   
      
   With that logic what do we need a defense budget for?   
   It's all break even.   
      
   ScottW   
      
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