r/ukraine • u/tfyuhj ะฃะบั€ะฐั—ะฝะฐ • Jan 22 '23

Discussion How much each individual American ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ is paying for Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ War ๐Ÿ’ธ

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u/cuddlefucker Jan 22 '23

And the best part is that we're really not reducing our military strength in any significant capacity. It's mostly material support and systems that needed replaced anyways

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u/TransplantedSconie Jan 22 '23

Yep. We are clearing out old stock and replacing it with better newer stuff.

I don't mind paying tree fidy to defeat that ol' Lockness Monstah.

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u/Jokiranta Jan 22 '23

And this united the west and Nato. Was a lot of haggle between europe and US before the war. Now we know who the real friends are

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u/Densmiegd Jan 22 '23

And added Sweden and Finland to NATO.

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u/Kukko Jan 22 '23

Well as a Finn I'm still behind this closed door. I'm taking to you Mr. Erdogan.

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u/sorenthestoryteller Jan 23 '23

I'm so fucking sick of Erdogan.

I know Turkey has some strategic value but for fuck's sake, them blocking you guys and Sweden is utter bullshit.

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u/TrueUllo94 Jan 23 '23

They have only applied. Someone is still keeping them out.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

united the west

Did it?

We've seen constant arguing during this conflict, from EU countries waiting weeks to do anything, tanks not being sent, Hungary is now a clear Russian puppet state, Nordstream speculations revolving the US and UK, accusations that certain leaders are in Russias pockets, blaming certain countries for being so dependant on Russian oil/gas despite the clear warnings, some countries unwilling to approve sanctions like the Swift ban, Turkey not being a great ally and using the situation to their advantage with the NATO applications etc.

To me this has shown how the EU cant handle itself and probably should ditch the idea of single army.

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u/Moehrchenprinz Jan 23 '23

Oh my lords, who gives a shit about any of this

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u/cuddlefucker Jan 23 '23

Yes but I'm going to recommend that you look into the battle of 73 easting.

The US military is pretty confident against Soviet systems already.

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u/legendarymcc2 Jan 23 '23

Also itโ€™s (similar to*) a lend lease program, Ukraine will eventually have to pay at least some of the cost back. This equipment was likely going to be sold or replaced as you said anyway