Ammo is ammo. So we agree that is being produced and sent now. My point is still that the argument “we’re sending billions” is bad. We are sending billions to our own defense contractors to create and build modern weapons while unloading excess equipment built in the 90s to help Ukraine. Our tanks will rot away in warehouses and get turned to scrap otherwise.
1 We are also sending cash directly to Ukraine with little to no accountability. Biden cut a check directly to zelensky.
2 I'm not just talking bullets. As I said this includes other munitions like missiles and rockets that cost millions a piece and are in limited quantities. No they aren't being produced as fast as they are used. This is why escalation with Russia wouldn't go nearly as we as we think.
3 I don't see it as any less a waste of tax dollars if the money goes to Raytheon or whoever for whatever cushy contract they have with the government.
4 And as I said it's not just the US. Germany and UK are also sending these things and depleting their own stocks. England has also sent tanks that arent old relics and it wasn't the magic bullet they hoped. The Kursk offensive, despite damn near direct foreign involvement failed to produce any results
Edit: even Ukraine admits Russia's resources are greater than theirs, having grown since the start of the war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/a...-general-on-turning-the-tables-against-russia
"They have more of everything: tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, soldiers. Their original 100,000-strong invasion force has grown to 520,000, he said, with a goal by the end of 2024 of 690,000 men. The figures for Ukraine have not been made public."