Wilshire@lemmy.worldcake to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 9 months ago"We've used 5% of our defense budget to arm Ukraine. And with it, they've destroyed 50% of Putin's army." - Ad targeted to Republicans to support Ukrainestreamable.comexternal-linkmessage-square173fedilinkarrow-up1971arrow-down124
arrow-up1947arrow-down1external-link"We've used 5% of our defense budget to arm Ukraine. And with it, they've destroyed 50% of Putin's army." - Ad targeted to Republicans to support Ukrainestreamable.comWilshire@lemmy.worldcake to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 9 months agomessage-square173fedilink
minus-squareFlowVoid@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-29 months ago5% of the defense budget. Which is definitely worth it even for a 10% decrease, since the US usually has to spend more than its adversaries. And Russian casualties are generally estimated to be in the range of 100K to 300K, which is more than 10%. For comparison, there were about 50K Taliban KIA in Afghanistan, and the US spent a lot more money there.
5% of the defense budget. Which is definitely worth it even for a 10% decrease, since the US usually has to spend more than its adversaries.
And Russian casualties are generally estimated to be in the range of 100K to 300K, which is more than 10%.
For comparison, there were about 50K Taliban KIA in Afghanistan, and the US spent a lot more money there.