Wilshire@lemmy.world to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 9 months ago"We've used 5% of our defense budget to arm Ukraine. And with it, they've destroyed 50% of Putin's army." - Ad targeted to Republicans to support Ukrainestreamable.comexternal-linkmessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up1902arrow-down123
arrow-up1879arrow-down1external-link"We've used 5% of our defense budget to arm Ukraine. And with it, they've destroyed 50% of Putin's army." - Ad targeted to Republicans to support Ukrainestreamable.comWilshire@lemmy.world to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 9 months agomessage-square165fedilink
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up22·9 months ago5% is also us supplying to Ukraine a fraction of their needs, and few of the core costs of a military - like personnel costs, which make up 40% of the US military budget. The military budget is bloated, just… not nearly to the degree people think.
5% is also us supplying to Ukraine a fraction of their needs, and few of the core costs of a military - like personnel costs, which make up 40% of the US military budget.
The military budget is bloated, just… not nearly to the degree people think.