Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoA Ukrainian soldier says he stopped shelling small Russian units because he is running out of US-made artillery ammowww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1345arrow-down16
arrow-up1339arrow-down1external-linkA Ukrainian soldier says he stopped shelling small Russian units because he is running out of US-made artillery ammowww.businessinsider.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareBurn_The_Right@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoOn a normal year, we give Israel $4 Billion. That’s in a normal year, without a genocide to support. That’s not a loan. It’s a gift. Year after year. Whose money do you suppose is being used to “buy” our weapons? Is that really what you would call a “purchase”?
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoI referred to your specific statement that Biden just used emergency powers to give Israel money. That’s not true. But that doesn’t make the rest good.
On a normal year, we give Israel $4 Billion. That’s in a normal year, without a genocide to support. That’s not a loan. It’s a gift. Year after year.
Whose money do you suppose is being used to “buy” our weapons? Is that really what you would call a “purchase”?
I referred to your specific statement that Biden just used emergency powers to give Israel money.
That’s not true. But that doesn’t make the rest good.