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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: commonone ✹✹  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Why the border bill will fail
Date: 02/08/24 8:22 PM
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Dope1: Russia is not something to worry about no matter how many times they try to fly around the Alaska ADIZ. If they do anything, it will an asymmetric attack.

So who would we need ammo for? China. There are any number of potential flashpoints in the Pacific.

How are republicans this clueless?

President Biden is providing funds for allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region right now and the recent military request package for Ukraine and Israel also provides $3.4 billion in additional funding (for, among other purchases, two Virginia-class attack submarines per year) for "any number of potential flashpoints in the Pacific" but republicans are holding up that additional funding.

Congress last year authorized up to $2 billion per year in Foreign Military Financing grants for Taiwan with the aim of deterring a potential Chinese attack, but appropriators did not fund that amount. Sullivan said the Biden administration intends to use the $2 billion request for partners across the region, not just Taiwan.

Additionally, the package asks Congress for $3.4 billion to bolster the submarine-industrial base with an eye toward AUKUS implementation. The U.S. Navy is already behind on its goal of producing two Virginia-class attack submarines per year and will have to slightly increase that goal to transfer at least three and as many as five of those vessels to Australia in the 2030s.

defensenews.com - Biden asks for defense package israel ukraine aukus and the pacific
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