Topic: It's Time To Cut Zelensky and Ing-wen From the US Dole (Read 58 times)

It is not only what am saying, it is a common knowledge discussion with most people. Those of us in Africa see whatever grant or aid the US sends to Africa as something that benefits the US more. America does not do anything for free. It is a country with trade by barter philosophy. Do for me and I will do for you. It first look at what it will benefit before doing it. May be it treats its own citizens differently, and outsiders differently.

In addition to what you say, America only protecting its interests that Maestro75 talks about, is really US government and big money attacking and conquering nations around the world, to grab their raw materials and make more money.

It's obvious that they are only supporting Ukraine to weaken Russian forces and they are now pushing Russia to fire the Nuke when that happened, they will gonna move and be in the spotlight to pretend to protect the world. These are the same people who lied when they invade Iraq and now they also want to invade Russia but cannot do the same because they are against a superpower nation. There is obviously more to this war that we don't know about, it's safe to say that we don't need to take everything the mainstream media feed us.

The US has often involved itself in controversies and those who are not insiders will think it is because they want to police the world and keep it in peace. That is not true. America only protects its interest. There must be something it is benefiting from Ukraine to want to defend it and make it go into senseless war with Russia. Mr Putin is crazy and can do anything to humiliate anyone who dares him. Zelensky should have known that bombing the bridge would provoke Putin more and it is the consequence of that action that we see now. Innocent people are dying, families are getting shattered just for those two unreasonable men.

To date, Washington elites and their politicians have been happy to provide – at public expense – lining their own pockets in the process.

As of this writing, US aid for Ukraine has reached approximately $67.5 billion, a figure greater than Russia's entire 2021 military budget. According to the State Department, this support includes $15.2 billion in direct military assistance. The support comes although 60-70 percent of lethal aid never reaches the front lines, according to a now-redacted CBS interview with on-the-ground activists.

Not only is the American taxpayer supporting much of the Ukrainian military, it is also supporting the Ukrainian government. The same working class Americans who were deemed "nonessential" in 2020 – who saw their businesses shuttered and burned down – now have to pay entitlement programs both at home and in Ukraine.

As of September 30, 2022, the US has provided $13 billion in "direct budget support," which is ostensibly used;

…to pay government salaries, meet pension obligations, maintain hospitals and schools, and protect critical infrastructure[,] support continuity operations at the national, regional, and local levels, support for [sic] the health sector, agricultural production, civil society, [and enable] programs to hold Russia and its forces accountable for their actions in Ukraine.

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