Joe Biden request $33 billion (!) in new funding for the Ukraine War...

 

Joe Biden has requested an additional $33 billion in new funding for the Ukraine War. BBC. The money would include $20 billion in military aid, $8.5 billion in economic aid and $3 billion for humanitarian aid. Despite the massive escalation Biden insisted he was not at war with Russia. Biden made the announcement on a day that the American economy declining 1.4% in the first quarter. Despite this, the massive spending will likely be approved by congress. 

My Comment:

This is a classic example of throwing good money after bad. The Russians have started to succeed in Ukraine and are probably going to win the war. All the military aid in the world will not help if there is nowhere to deliver the weapons. And given that the Russians are now targeting supply convoys many of this aid will never reach the front lines in the first place. 

I also think that the aid that the Ukrainians are going to get isn't going to help that much. Russia has learned from the initial stages of the invasion and is now changing tactics. Instead of their mass tank attacks and airborne assaults, they are using mass artillery strikes to destroy Ukrainian units. Anti-tank and anti-air missiles won't do much against artillery. 

And this money could be spent on so many other things. Though I am opposed to reducing student loan debt, $33 billion would go a long way to accomplishing that. And it could be used to help fix our struggling economy. Or simply not spend the money at all, given the Biden administration's penchant for wasting money. 

 I hate that there is no honest debate about the Ukraine War. It doesn't help that pro-Russian sources are being censored. I am not a supporter of Russia but I do think they should have a right to make their case without western media lying about what that case is. And Biden just announced that he's making his own version of a Ministry of Truth to make sure that any Ukraine skeptical viewpoints are further marginalized and blocked. Regardless, I doubt that there will be any serious resistance against this spending bill from either party in Congress. 

What really scares me about this is that Biden is obviously lying about the United States not being at war with Russia. It's very clear to me that his goal is regime change in Russia and if America is going to have to eat a couple hundred nukes to accomplish that goal that's a price Biden is willing to pay. 

Russia, very obviously, knows this and have admitted as much on their state television channels. They are weighing the costs and benefits of using nuclear arms and given Biden's constant efforts to make every single issue way worse than it has to be I wouldn't be surprised if the Russians decide that they have no other choice. 

I am not expecting any resistance to this bill but if there is it will because social media has largely moved on. The news cycle moves fast now and Ukraine and Russia are not anywhere near the biggest news story. Elon Musk buying Twitter killed the story dead for most of the country. But even with that I expect this bill to pass and for America to get closer to a war with Russia that nobody should want.