• fuser@quex.cc
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    Speaking to CNN‘s Fareed Zakaria on Friday, President Biden said he needed to send cluster bombs because Ukraine and the US are running out of ammunition. “This is a war relating to munitions. And they’re running out of that ammunition, and we’re low on it,” he said.


    the FY2023 presidential budget request was $842 billion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States

    not enough for ammo, apparently.

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      The pentagon would not survive an audit. It’s unfathomable that with $800 billion they can’t afford to replenish ammunition supplies.

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        Cost is not the immediate issue: time is. The ammo required takes time to manufacture. Russia is not going to wait.

        Whether that justifies cluster ammunition no idea. An audit would be enlightening for sure. Unfortunately, none of that results in ammo where it’s needed right now.