From: pianoforte109@yahoo.com   
      
   On 10/2/23 12:46 PM, ScottW wrote:   
   > 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?   
      
   NATO is considered the equivalent of our border.   
      
   >>> 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?   
      
   Procurement.   
      
   > It's all break even.   
      
   I suppose you could ask for depreciation.   
      
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