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Ukraine aid is dropped from government funding bill. That raises questions about future US support (apnews.com)

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[-] Spzi@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

And it provides your weapons industry with real life data from a large-scale conflict with equipment from multiple origins.

And it advertises a competitors products as inferior, and yours as superior.

I despise all these things, but from a purely economic viewpoint, this is interesting for business.

[-] BNE 5 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile, people die.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can blame those deaths on Putin.

Ukraine wouldn't need those equipment if Putin didn't invade a sovereign nation.

He can literally decide tomorrow to pull back and no deaths would follow anymore.

[-] Spzi@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

True, but unclear what that implies. Some people say weapons kill people so we should not produce / supply weapons, expecting less people would die. Others point at aggressors using (their home made) weapons to kill people, pointing at the need to supply their victims, expecting less people would die.

Comparing the track records of Russia (frequently invading and killing neighbors) and Ukraine (not so much) it's easy for me to take sides. But the tragedy exists, which is why I despise all these things.

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