Comments by "Emir" (@irongron) on "Why US Hypocrisy Had Undermined Its Global Credibility | @TaskandPurpose" video.

  1. At the 22:24 min mark, Mr. Cappy states something that is every problematic with tons of pundits, not only him, with poorly explaining this issue of sending is military aid here, he says "....people they talk about how we shouldn't be funding war in Ukraine, we shouldn't be wasting dollars over there when we have so much trouble in America...". This highlights two things based on ignorance, firstly, people literally think that we are sent bags of money here in Ukraine, which is complete and utter nonsense, it's the VALUE OF OLD PENTAGON HARDWARE THAT IS RETIRED, it's not new money! As Frederick Kagan on Bill Kristol's show on YT, put it - ""Ukraine is being sent....40 billion or whatever, worth of stuff....they are not being sent cash....". Secondly, since when does the Pantagon reallocate money to pay for schools, hospitals etc. ? Never. Why are Americans so ignorant of how the Pentagon works! Anyway, my main point is Chris did not explain this properly, Frederick Kagan, & Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, are the only ones I have heard who explain this properly. You really need to get Frederick Kagan on the show Ptoyr, if you can awing it and chat about that.
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  2.  @theglobalgambit  Cheers Pyotr, I only discovered you chan recently and am glad to have found it! As a relevant FYI for you, I found the exact part in the clip, I cannot paste inks as my comments get zapped for some reason, but if you search on YouTube for the name of the video at the end of this comment and go to the 48:30 min mark and watch from there for like 2 mins. Mr Kagan, makes a firm point of how this is miscommunicated in the mass media (It'll be the 4th one down in the search, make sure it's the one from 11 months ago) - Fred Kagan on Ukraine: Where Things Stand 11 months ago Conversations with Bill Kristol
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  3.  @godsend2297  oh yea, definitely, Jake does articulate that well, thanks for the reminder. I forgot to even mention him in the comment.
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