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Look at this. Complete destruction. This isn't even an actual war. Its just extermination.
There is cities in Ukraine that look better despite two years of heavy fighting since Russias invasion.
Fun fact. Israel sold drones to Russia which it used to target Ukraine for their bombers and artillery. And they did that after the russian invasion of Chrimea. Also Israel denied to support sanctions against Russia.
Now Ukraine will probably be sacrificed to Russia so the US and EU can focus on helping Israel murder more Arabs.
Truly a friend to the West.
The only reason we didn't arm Ukraine to the death immediately is because Russia has been the years since the Cold War extending its tentacles into the governments of the western world. We should have treated Ukraine like we are treating Israel now. They are actually defending themselves instead of using us to dominate their region.
Check out Mariupol.
I guess let’s keep genociding Gazans then?
U.S. Aid to Israel in Four Charts || Council on Foreign Relations || 31 Mai 2024
Israel has been the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign aid since its founding, receiving about $310 billion (adjusted for inflation) in total economic and military assistance.
Most of the aid—approximately $3.3 billion a year—is provided as grants under the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program, funds that Israel must use to purchase U.S. military equipment and services.
So this is also another way for congress to ferry money into arms companies in their districts.
Invading the region and calling it another US state would have been a better deal for the US that blowing money in useless wars they will never win.
Healthcare, please
It cost about 10 billion to end homelessness in America for a year. You could have had that, but instead America’s leaders want to kill Gaza's children.
Throwing figures like that seems to be disinformation: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/27/facebook-posts/no-consensus-cost-ending-homelessness-us-or-haltin/
Seems like USA spent $51 billion in 2021 to end homelessness: https://my.neighbor.org/what-is-the-cost-of-homelessness/ -- I guess that's nowhere near enough money thrown at the problem.
Just tell every church they have to accept 3 homeless, or lose their tax advantage and there would be no more homeless.
Spending the money on weapons in the first place, here or Israel, is the grift. Tax dollars should be spent on proper health care or free college
Not to mention green energy, what with all these hurricanes that will continue to be increasing in intensity and quantity.
Gross
It's just our rent payment.
Does this include all the donations by religious groups in the US?
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