the military industrial complex loves war --- especially ones that others fight --- they get the orders, the stuff gets blown up and they get more orders ---
the real issue will be China and Taiwan --- On Fri, Nov 8, 2024 at 8:32 AM hari kumar via groups.io <hari6.kumar= [email protected]> wrote: > The Wall St J is blocked to non-subscribers. But this is a reprint of a > commentary co-authored by Mike Pompeo at another site it seems. It does > however date from July 24, 2024. It starts as follows: > "Among the essentials are a lend-lease program, real sanctions on Russia, > and a revitalized NATO." By David J. Urban and Mike Pompeo > "Pundits claim that if Donald Trump is re-elected, he will cut off aid to > Ukraine, give away its territory, and deal directly with Vladimir Putin to > impose an ignominious “peace” on the country. > There’s no evidence that such capitulation will be part of President > Trump’s policy and much evidence to the contrary. It was Mr. Trump who in > 2017 lifted the Obama administration’s arms embargo on Ukraine, providing > it with the Javelin missiles that helped save Kyiv in the earliest days of > Russia’s invasion. More recently, Mr. Trump gave political cover to House > Speaker Mike Johnson when he maneuvered to pass additional military aid. > Helping Ukraine while revitalizing the American defense industrial base in > Alabama, Pennsylvania and Virginia is good policy—and good politics." > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#33409): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33409 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109462945/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
