If your bill rebuilds our defense industrial base at a slower pace than it sends weapons overseas, it's not about America's security. And it's not about our defense industrial base. At this point, the entire Russia-Ukraine debate borders on fantasy. We need some realism.
Don't tell me the Europeans are doing more or will do more. This is too abstract. Tell me, in precise terms, what Ukraine needs to win (or have a chance at winning). And then tell me how much Europe and America together can reasonably provide, and by what date.
People tell me we must support Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. Even if I agreed with you, you're telling me what we should do when I'm arguing about what we *can* do. Tell me what we are capable of accomplishing before telling me what we should do. Let's deal with reality first.
Do you think we make enough artillery shells to support these conflicts, or will in the next year? Of course you don't, because we don't.
Do you think we make enough Patriot interceptors to support Israel in the face of repeated attacks, to defend the Ukrainians against the Russians, and to send to Taiwan? Of course you don't, because we don't.
I have warned for years that we allowed China to become the world's manufacturing superpower in the name of idiotic fake "free trade." Now, the very people who promoted those policies tell me we can fight a four-front conflict that is hungry for manufactured weapons.
Spare me the morality tales and the insults. "Putin is evil." So was Stalin, and we dealt with him when we had to. "We have to defend democracy." Ok, would you like regime change in Saudi Arabia then? We have a four front war, why not make it five?
@JDVance1 Lmao, no. It was the corpos who agreed to hand over their IP in favor of 0 regulations and worker protections. Now they’re trying to play the victim card just because China is beating them at capitalism Deals were made and now corporations are crying foul and whining