For many decades, substantial funds have been invested in the Israeli military industry and the training of the army. This year alone, they [the U.S.] announced the transfer of 25 (!) F-35s to Israel for $3 billion.
So that terrorists on mopeds, pickups trucks and hang-gliders broke through their border, and their advance in the first hours was up to 10 km.
I have no doubt that terrorists will be destroyed and pushed back, but still. This is a huge failure on the part of Israeli intelligence. And the border checkpoints are not ready at all.
Over 20 years, the USA spent about 1 trillion dollars to maintain the American contingent in Afghanistan. So that the terrorists took over the whole country in 2 weeks.
At the same time, over 7+ years (2014-beginning of 2022), the USA invested $2.7 billion in the security sector of Ukraine. So that we would use Soviet weapons, launch pinpoint attacks with Western weapons and Turkish drones to burn kilometer-long Russian convoys and prevent the capture of the capital and the north of Ukraine.
Now we have to beg the USA for money.
And I just want to ask: do the radical Trumpists understand that we are now solving the issue of global world security with our own blood, for minimum funds?
A rhetorical question arises: Is the main thing for them to screw up Biden, so that they themselves can “take the cream” from our future victory?
Vasyl Stus
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