Thread by @JBelcourt73

Suddenly all these GOP'ers are calling for an audit of US aid to Ukraine. It's like they got marching orders. Now I don't think those orders came from Russia. Unlike the wiggidity wackity libs I remember that Trump was actually really severe on Putin. Toughest pre-Feb 24th

sanctions, blocking Nordstream 2, hitting Assad twice despite Putin threatening grave consequences and then of course turning a Wagner assault on US troops into a bloody burnt smear on the Syrian desert. So this is something new. maybe its just politics, at least I hope it is,

but we can't rule out dark money. So without further ado, I will audit the effectiveness of US aid to Ukraine. 1. The pre-war Russian Army doesn't exist anymore. A more than 100% casualty rate of the initial invasion force, the loss of thousands of tanks and vehicles, expending

almost all of its missile and artillery stocks. 2. Sanctions mean Russia cannot rebuild these stocks in any meaningful numbers, from rare alloys to ball bearings and computer chips the Russian army is cut off from the technology of modern war. They are reduced to begging help

from Iran for kit that uses repurposed gaming console chips to make nearly dumb "smart munitions". Morale is in the toilet and strategy has been redefined as: send penal battalion X to die in front of Y objective. The navy is not much better. The loss of the Moskva took away one

Russia's most menacing anti-carrier weapons. What is left of the Black Sea Fleet is bottled up and hiding east of Crimea. The squadron at Tartus cannot support the ships in the med and recently Pacific fleet ships sent there had to return to the Pacific. The navies, naval

landing forces are just as gutted as the army. Ditto the VDV, troops intended to spearhead any attack on NATO by launching massive deep attacks to seize bridges, crossroads, command posts and depots are now decomposing in Ukrainian fields. The VDV has effectively ceased to exist

as a credible force. Worse than the maulings given the army and navy is the absolutely crushing reveal of Russian air power. Russian planes and pilots have no ability to go "down town" in a high threat environment. Even old Soviet era legacy systems have proven effective at

shooting them down. We have been given a first hand look at Russian air power and discovered its a house of cards. Massively short on modern tech, well trained pilots and PGM's its reduced to a terror force. It has no ability to stage large scale air operations, coordinate

with other arms of the Russian military or defend the battle space and Russian borders. From drone strikes on refineries, to S400's unable to stop HIMARS to S-300's getting smoked nightly by HARM missiles Russian ADA efforts have been a joke. All of that was accomplished without

even one active duty American servicemen having to die. During the Cold War the US spent trillions of dollars building up a military that could do this, Ukraine did what we spent so much money and time on in 9 months and .0001% of US military spending since 1947. I think the $28

billion in military aid has been well spent. Europe has never been safer from a Russian invasion thanks to what Ukraine was able to do with our crumbs. Of course we have also sent another $25-26 billion in financial and humanitarian support. Thats about $568 per Ukrainian to help

them survive missile attacks, find something to eat and now survive winter. Much of it also went to help Ukraine service its debt and pay salaries... $568 per head. 568 vs a #GenocideOfUkrainians means if there is some FWB, its not much and the distributed nature of the aid:

going to multiple pots and actors means wholesale theft is less likely. There is the audit, for $50-ish billion the world has never had less to fear from conventional Russian military might. What will $50 billion more bring? As a #FELLA and member of #NAFO what I want is

liberation for the millions still in bondage. Why do I write and donate? Thats why, because millions can't thanks to Russian imperialism. Thankfully my state's GOP members are not part of the surrender caucus. @JohnBoozman, @SenTomCotton, @RepFrenchHill are rock solid supporters

Ukraine. They are not alone, so remember when you come across the surrender monkies that they are mostly voices in the wilderness so bash them so that they remain so, but don't generalize and alienate. Ukraine needs America to pull together, not drive itself even further apart.

also, feel free to bookmark this thread and drop it into any surrender monkey thread you find. It will save you time and effort you can spend doing other things like mocking Russian officials, listening into to @MriyaReport or donating to charities like @MriyaAid, @3xR_team

@UkraineAidOps or @U24_gov_ua now with a donation link specifically for naval drones being funded by #Fellas

https://twitter.com/U24_gov_ua/status/1593187190779314177?s=20&t=uYCm2eaWimJ1ncIZRMCSqQ

Now personally, I do not like the DoC name and hope we get something less rapey. #NAFO is full of #Fellinas and others including Ukrainians who have often survived assault. Thats my .02 and I give it to you for free. Until Ukraine Wins On Ukraine's Terms: Slava Ukraini! #audit

#UkraineWillWin #RussiaIsLosing #RussiaIsATerroristState #RussiaIsANaziState @mfa_russia <--- still losing and how do I get one of them sanctions ya'll are handing out?

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