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Guest wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 9:32 am

'The closet is bare': Aid to Ukraine depletes US weapons supply

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI93nkqZ1_w[/youtube]

John wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 10:25 am ** 06-May-2022 World View: AGI

JDav wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 9:53 am > John, did you know that the Alan Guttmacher Institute is a
> semi-autonomous division of Planned Parenthood, named after the
> one-time vice-president of the American Eugenics Society? I know
> you are conscientious about weighing the biases of sources you
> use, so that should be taken into account for your analysis, if it
> wasn't already. I can't speak to the nature of the research
> materials you acquired, but I expect that the AGI would tend to
> paint a rosier picture of the abortion industry than others
> might.

Yes I did know that, but I wasn't referring to their editorial content
but to their research data, and I had no reason to doubt their
research data, which was extremely detailed. I would point out that
in the year 2000, the Silents were still in charge, and people were a
lot more honest in those days. It was only the rise of Generation-X
that turned politics into a cesspool.

Zoomer go Brr wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 1:05 pm > Skipping over the baby boomer generation again…

> Who is in charge now? I see people like Biden, Pelosi, Schumer
> making big decisions. You really hate the younger
> generations.

FullMoon wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 10:48 am

Guest wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 9:32 am

'The closet is bare': Aid to Ukraine depletes US weapons supply

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI93nkqZ1_w[/youtube]

It does seem odd that we give for free to a war not in our core national interest, while our core strategic outpost must go without. A war championed by Neocons, 'Progressives' and a bleating sheeple.
Basic strategy of the Dragon:
Let you and him fight

Reuters: Taiwan says it cannot afford new U.S. anti-submarine helicopters.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-paci ... 022-05-05/

Xeraphim1 wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 8:04 pm

FullMoon wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 10:48 am

Guest wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 9:32 am
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI93nkqZ1_w[/youtube]

It does seem odd that we give for free to a war not in our core national interest, while our core strategic outpost must go without. A war championed by Neocons, 'Progressives' and a bleating sheeple.
Basic strategy of the Dragon:
Let you and him fight

Reuters: Taiwan says it cannot afford new U.S. anti-submarine helicopters.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-paci ... 022-05-05/

Or is this in our interests? Consider the recent comment by Sec Austin, “We want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can’t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine.” Russia can been the consummate bad neighbor in Europe for more than century. Putin has just made it different. I think Europe yearns for an insular detachment from the world but Russia keeps poking and prodding and taking stuff here and there. The US would love to be able to stop paying so much attention to Europe and concentrate on China, but Putin keeps being Mr. Meeziks (Look at me!). A Russia that acted like a European country would be in everyone's interest.

If that is the case, sending weapons to Ukraine to allow them to defend themselves against Russian aggression and bleed Russia white of war-making materiel is very much in America's interest. As an example, Russia is estimated by Ukraine (yes, undoubtedly inflated) to have suffered some 25,000 casualties which is a lot for any country, but more so for Russia where the population is declining and young lives can't be replaced. Or 1,000 tanks, 2,500 APCs, 500 artillery. If true, that is billions of dollars of equipment including the most modern. Sure Russia has lots of stuff in storage, but that's decades old and much of it unusable due to deterioration or corruption. 200 aircraft and 150 helicopters is easily 10 billion in lost stuff. Russia already couldn't afford to replace it so this is a direct diminishment. Moskva , the Slava class cruiser, was on of the five largest ships Russia had with no way to replace it. If today's report that Admiral Makarov was destroyed is true, that's another huge loss that can't be easily replaced.

I have no particular hatred of Russia or Russians and don't with to see anyone dead, but the possibility of a future Russia that cannot bully its neighbors and threaten or actual launch invasion of its neighbors is a good thing for the world. While a possible fall of Putin could lead to a worse situation, it also could lead to a better one where Russia is more like Poland or Sweden. Perhaps it is worse taking the risk.

As to Taiwan, it certainly could afford the helicopters, but I can see how it wouldn't be the best use of its funds. The part about delays in M109A6 production have been denied by BAE which says is has capacity to meet the orders, especially since the US Army trimmed its orders.