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“Washington is spending another $61 billion to help Ukraine. But most of the money will flow through the US economy first.
The new law will allow the Pentagon to send existing weapons — everything from bullets to missiles to tank parts — to Kyiv and then simultaneously backfill that inventory with new manufacturing efforts for US armories.

There are 117 production lines in about 71 US cities that are set to produce those weapons systems, according to research from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).”

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/biden-is-sending-61-billion-to-ukraine-much-of-it-will-pass-through-the-us-economy-first-162914531.html

Mitch McConnell says Tucker Carlson and Trump’s waffling delayed crucial Ukraine aid

Posted on April 25, 2024April 25, 2024 by Lone Candle

“At a press conference, the Kentucky Republican pinpointed two men responsible for that delay: former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson and former President Donald Trump.
“The demonization of Ukraine began by Tucker Carlson, who in my opinion ended up where he should have been all along, which is interviewing Vladimir Putin,” McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters. “And so he had an enormous audience, which convinced a lot of rank and file Republicans that maybe this was a mistake.”

“I think the former president had sort of mixed views on” Ukraine aid, he added, before alluding to the failed attempt to add border security provisions to the bill, “which requires you to deal with Democrats, and then a number of our members thought it wasn’t good enough.”

“And then our nominee for president didn’t seem to want us to do anything at all,” McConnell said. “That took months to work our way through it.”

The top Senate Republican has been an ardent supporter of Ukraine aid and battled a slew of conservative voices who have sought to block it. He called the expected passage of the bill “an important day for America, and a very important day of freedom-loving countries around the world.””

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mcconnell-says-tucker-carlson-trumps-223340768.html

How McConnell and Schumer beat hardline conservatives on Ukraine

Posted on April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 by Lone Candle

How McConnell and Schumer beat hardline conservatives on Ukraine

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mcconnell-schumer-beat-hardline-conservatives-090000343.html

The Peril of Slowness: American Mistakes during Russia’s War of Aggression in Ukraine

Posted on April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 by Lone Candle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVs2y-YeiFM

Iran’s stealth drones have become the new blueprint for international warfare

Posted on April 23, 2024April 23, 2024 by Lone Candle

In January, an Iranian exploding drone hit a US military base in Jordan, killing three US service members. The Washington Post cited a defense source who said the weapon was a small attack Shahed-101.

The drone was able to sneak past American defenses by shadowing a US drone also landing at the base — a trick believed to have been picked up from Russia, Bloomberg reported.

“Russia and Iran are learning from each other. That is almost as important as the technology-sharing itself,” Matthew McInnis, a Pentagon intelligence officer who was a State Department representative for Iran, told the outlet.

But Iran’s influence goes beyond Russia. Iranian-backed Houthis have curtailed trade in the Red Sea in recent months by perpetrating drone attacks on cargo ships.

Bloomberg reported that Ethiopia had used Iranian drones to squash rebellions in the country, while Tajikistan, Algeria, and Venezuela were also partnering with Iran.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/irans-stealth-drones-become-blueprint-013422260.html