Has anyone seen it? Is it 3B for troops and 1B for French made equipment and 3B on American made? Or 6B on American equipment and 1B on troop readiness? What percentage is for contingency? (American made stuff, very easily and practically instantly Trump can make them grounded), is the 7B hike for France defense, or to buy American to directly ship to Ukraine? That, and many others, are question you will never see the media ask, and until there is an answer and accountability, it is just money laundering ... pretty much just like shipping airplanes full of sacks of money to Baghdad and expecting desirable outcomes.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Bingo. After 1st Iraq war and destruction of USSR, US came to be feared and reap the fruits of hegemony. It also allowed the MIC of US and other NATO countries to turn into ridiculous level of grift and now that someone dared to call them out on it, the Emperor's clothes are disappearing.

Their solution: pump more money into the same grift.