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Joe Biden Is Arming Greece So Greece Can Arm Ukraine—And Pro-Russia Republicans Can’t Stop Him (www.forbes.com)

submitted 9 months ago by MicroWave to c/news

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As the Republican Party’s blockade of aid to Ukraine drags into its fourth month, the U.S. government under Pres. Joe Biden has found a clever new way to give Ukraine’s forces the weapons and ammunition they need to defend their country.

It is, in essence, an American version of Germany’s circular weapons trade—the so-called Ringtausch. The United States is gifting older surplus weapons to Greece with the understanding that Greece donates to Ukraine some of its own surplus weapons.

Greek media broke the news last week. According to the newspaper Kathimerini and other media, the Biden administration offered the Greek government three 87-foot Protector-class patrol boats, two Lockheed Martin C-130H airlifters, 10 Allison T56 turboprop engines for Lockheed P-3 patrol planes plus 60 M-2 Bradley fighting vehicles and a consignment of transport trucks.

All this hardware is U.S. military surplus—and is available to Greece, free of charge, under a U.S. legal authority called “excess defense articles.” Federal law allows an American president to declare military systems surplus to need, assign them a value—potentially zero dollars—and give them away on the condition that the recipient transport them.

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[–] eran_morad 276 points 9 months ago (10 children)

Fuck the republican traitor filth.

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[–] Ekybio 187 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Biden: Does something good again

Repblicans, unable to stop him: "Sorry Putin, we failed you. This time."

[–] agent_flounder 30 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I hope Putin does the, "don't fail me again... Republicans (mechanical breathing noises)" thing, and then they fail him again.

[–] b3an 21 points 9 months ago

Putin: Also, you are to wear these clown shoes and refer to yourself as "Mary".

Putin: I have altered the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.

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[–] [email protected] 124 points 9 months ago (1 children)

At least he used an ally instead of an enemy as Reagan did.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Technically Reagan did use an ally first: Israel. The Iranians were a little pissed when they saw the Israeli customs stamps on their weapons.

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[–] FlowVoid 113 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Great news!

Apropos nothing:

The Republicans are falling in line with disgraced ex-president Donald Trump’s personal hatred of Ukraine—and equally personal fondness for authoritarian Russia. The Republicans’ allegiance to Trump—and therefore to dictators and military aggressors—wasn’t an issue for Ukraine until they narrowly gained control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the November 2022 elections. When earlier funding for Ukraine ran out in late December, Rep. Mike Johnson—the extremist House speaker—refused to put additional aid to a vote.

The direct language is a pleasant surprise, and honestly more than I expected from FORBES. Have they always been this willing to call out Trump and his enablers?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago

I'm surprised too. This is Forbes staff too, not a random contributor.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek 96 points 9 months ago (60 children)

Remember when Republicans used to yell "better dead than red!" to show their hostility to the USSR and communism?

Now too many of them are preoccupied with twerking for the authoritarian roach that emerged from the USSR's corpse (and which still has a lot in common with it).

Also, the Republican party is now the red party, which is pretty funny.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nothing surprising for everyone who already knew that what they disliked about the USSR wasn't really the totalitarianism, just the lower wealth unequality.

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[–] mochisuki 30 points 9 months ago (2 children)

And just as it was back then, the red menace was ALWAYS about distracting the masses away from voting against corporate interests

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[–] [email protected] 94 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Umberto Ecco's rule #8 of fascism: "The enemy is both strong and weak."

Hey Republicans, which is it this time? Is Biden a demented old fool or a dictator? lol.

Dark Brandon strikes again.

[–] AlfredEinstein 77 points 9 months ago

For most of my lifetime, any American screeching about the President arming NATO allies in order to prevent Russian expansion into Europe would have been seen as a traitor.

Lead poisoning is a helluva drug.

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[–] tired_n_bored 73 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Good news. Fuck Republicans. Slava Ukraini.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 9 months ago

Slava Ukraini!

[–] alvvayson 41 points 9 months ago (5 children)

The Democrats outsmart Republicans yet again.

Next up: border secured just in time to win the November elections.

[–] TheJims 37 points 9 months ago

Define securing the border, because that goal post is mounted to a bullet train by republicans as long as trump isn’t president.

[–] givesomefucks 22 points 9 months ago (50 children)

You think Biden closing the border as soon as he's able is a good thing?

Like, you understand that wouldn't just be a one time thing right? Future presidents could do it to, and Republicans actually do out things in motion in their first days.

I mean, Biden went from saying the border wasn't an issue to saying we need that literally over night.