May 28, 2022
After 11 Republican senators and 45 representatives voted against fast-track approval of the $40 billion Ukraine aid package, they are being attacked as “isolationists” by the same media that recently falsely claimed that Hunter Biden’s computer story was a “Russian frame-up.”
And that had earlier falsely claimed allegations of business dealings with Russia against Trump – which they now reluctantly admit would have been a Clinton campaign frame-up.
Defense spending is not just about how much is spent but how it is spent.
The more urgent and strategic the spending, the more important the how.
Washington had already spent about $16 billion in assistance to Ukraine, while the more directly threatened Europe had added between all its nations about $7 billion.
In the midst of the Ukrainian crisis Germany, Europe’s largest economy, and the Netherlands continue to debate whether or not they will honor their NATO spending commitments.
Senator Rand Paul argued against the fast-track approval of that $40 billion package, that at the very least an inspector general should be appointed to oversee how the funds are spent.
Quite reasonable in the wake of reports of countless frauds on taxpayer dollars in the approval and expedited delivery of Covid pandemic relief funds.
The nobility and urgency of the cause is no reason to refuse to see that taxpayer money is being spent.
If there is no accountability the spending will be diverted into endless opportunities for corruption and fraud that dishonest opportunists will exploit.
