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The Pentagon said Tuesday that it overestimated the value of the weapons it has sent to Ukraine by $6.2 billion over the past two years. The war has been an incredible grift on American taxpayers. (apnews.com)

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[–] oehm@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That money was already taxed for the defense budget. It would’ve never been used for anything other than whatever DoD decided to spend it on.

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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Biden raised Pentagon budget as I recall, and the proxy war was one of the main justifications for that the other being deranged fantasies about having a war with China.

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