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30 sats \ 2 replies \ @petertodd 1 May \ parent \ on: US- Ukraine sign minerals deal news
Trump recently_denied_ Ukraine's request to buy billions of dollars of military equipment (specifically anti-air defenses). Biden also repeatedly denied Ukrainian requests to buy equipment, as did Germany and Switzerland.
The situation is quite the opposite: defense contractors all over the world are absolutely pissed that governments haven't been allowing them to sell weapons to Ukraine.
Instead, Ukraine has been developing their own indigenous weapons manufacturing capabilities. In particular drones, and mobile artillery. Which is a disaster for those defense contractors, as Ukraine is getting very good at making highly effective weapons.
The Andruils of the world are at risk of getting out-competed.
Wait, haven't we been giving them billions in aid that includes military equipment? Sure, directly selling would be nice for them, but it's a little disingenuous to suggest the deep state doesn't directly benefit from this war.
Given the consequences of Ukraine being able to use whatever it wants against the largest stockpiler of nuclear weapons, no one should give a flying fuck what defense contractors are pissed about. Besides, everything they take in exchange for their weapons is stolen, so ideally any benefit of that theft is directed towards the victims.
At least Andruil proclaims to be working in the taxpayer's interests and the founder is interested in peace. 🤷
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Wait, haven't we been giving them billions in aid that includes military equipment?
Billions of dollars of old military equipment that mostly was nearing retirement. In many cases sending it to Ukraine actually saved a bit of money as transport costs were less than EPA compliant destruction procedures.
As I said, the US/EU military industrial complex – especially the US – could have made a lot more money both now and in the future by giving Ukraine what they needed to win. Instead, they didn't get the orders they wanted, and now have a significant competitor: Ukrainian weapons manufacturers.
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