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[–] Doom@ttrpg.network 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

why didn't we do this before

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's still the same as before and nothing on the level USA does for Israel where they happily intercept rockets for that rich, well armed count with an installed iron dome air defense.

Still no US air raids on Donbas and Crimea and such.

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe democrats expected a negative effect on the ballots because of it. Macron did something similar while running against le pen on last year? and released the package as soon as the ellection was settled

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Because the military-industrial complex needed to slow-drip the weapons to make the war last as long as possible.