Pentagon Proposes Cuts To Ukraine Military Aid -- USA Today
The Obama administration proposed a 28% spending cut for a Pentagon program that supports modernizing the military of Ukraine and other former Soviet Union republics, Pentagon budget records show. The move could endanger efforts to boost Ukraine's armed forces as they face threats from Russia.
The proposed cuts, contained in a detailed budget plan posted online this week, come over the objections of officials with the U.S. European Command, who argue they will hurt U.S. attempts to build armed forces in nations formerly beholden to Russia.
Spending on the Warsaw Initiative Fund is set to drop from $34 million in the current fiscal year to $24.4 million in the 2015 fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1.
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My Comment: Talk about sending the wrong political message to our allies in Ukraine and eastern Europe.
Update: U.S. eyes military supplies for Ukraine, seeks to avoid escalation -- Reuters
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"U.S. eyes military supplies for Ukraine" -- love it. Double up on the MRE's!
The U.S. went through the cold war counting all the Soviet satellites in the military matrix, and then we found out the satellites (like Ukraine) were only dangerous and significant on paper.
And that is currently the case.
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