Mitch McConell says the quiet part out loud.

Exact full quote from CNN:

“People think, increasingly it appears, that we shouldn’t be doing this. Well, let me start by saying we haven’t lost a single American in this war,” McConnell said. “Most of the money that we spend related to Ukraine is actually spent in the US, replenishing weapons, more modern weapons. So it’s actually employing people here and improving our own military for what may lie ahead.”

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4085063

That was kind of a joke as there are like 5 countries who produce all their weapons locally.

Goalpost:moved again

He said Ukraine’s safety depends on foreign weapon aids

Other nations buy weapons. Ukraine only exists as long as it can continue to successfully beg for weapons.

You sure do like your goalposts…

I’m pretty sure the US at least is providing weapons in the form of a loan so they are buying their weapons too.

Also begging for weapons seems a bit more dignified than having your army steal washing machines and build the electronics of your equipment out of those.

your army steal washing machines and build the electronics of your equipment out of those.

Wait you still believe that was a real thing? It was projection. Missile and drones don’t need super powerful chips and China makes anything they do need.

You must not be following the war very closely. Russia is firing dozens of missiles and hundreds of suicide drones every week and the volume keeps rising.

They are calling their cannon fodder suicide drones now? That’s pretty fucked up even for Russia, more honest than normal at least.

No clue about anything going on in the war gotcha.

You’re just salty you can’t get conscripted in the US into the meat grinder to build soviet union 2: electric boogaloo

no, actual drones, as in the teleguided thing with rotors that fly. they strap explosives on that and throw it at targets.

Also begging for weapons seems a bit more dignified than having your army steal washing machines and build the electronics of your equipment out of those.

How do Liberals square off the fact that Russia is outproducing America and EU for war equipment with this insane washing machine myth? How many washing machines are in Russia and Ukraine anyway? Must be a lot if they’re kicking NATO’s ass while still relying on them for parts

Well if by producing you mean raiding their own museums for equipment then yea. Also probably not many left at this point, ukraine should deploy tactical washing boards to rob Russia of their last source of electronics.

Well if by producing you mean raiding their own museums for equipment then yea.

No, I meant Russia literally outproducing the United States and the EU 10 to 1 while also having vastly superior inventories when compared to the dwindling supply America is running through. Libs like to pound their chest and boast that Russia’s nominal GDP is lower than places like Germany but they forget that industrial capital is what wins you wars, no matter how many rumors about the Russian army having to gut washing machines for parts you post online it won’t change the fact that they are winning a war of attrition against Ukraine and the other 50 or so countries sending them aid.

I guess they got pretty big museums

Remind me, which Russian unit goes by “Збройні сили України”?

Hmm, not drunk enough or poorly equipped enough to be Russian troops, i guess they are saving this poor washing machine from Russian control.

Maybe they’re going to trade for some Russian bread and soup like these guys

You’re close to getting it, keep going.

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