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Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher
American businessman David Sacks predicted the collapse of Ukraine despite a new $61 billion aid package approved by the US House of Representatives since Kiev will need an even larger annual cash injection “to stave off total defeat.” Responding to a follow-up tweet about Ukraine by Sacks, Elon Musk said that a new aid package for Ukraine approved by the US House of Representatives was contributing to “a forever war” with “no exit strategy.”
“These scenes of celebration are going to look particularly foolish when Ukraine collapses anyway. The federal government can print more money; it can’t just print more artillery shells and air defense missiles,” David Sacks posted on his X account on April 20. “And I should have added, they can’t print more soldiers.”
For Sacks, the issue will not be limited to $61 billion because “Ukraine will need massive annual cash infusions to stave off total defeat.”
“The Iraq War and the Afghanistan War also began with annual appropriations in the $60B range. Those wars ended up costing trillions,” the businessman warned, adding that the reconstruction cost will amount to $500-600 billion “if somehow Ukraine survives the war.”
The United States House of Representatives approved, by 311 votes in favour and 112 against, an aid package that allocates $23.3 billion to replenish Ukraine’s defence articles and services, $13.8 billion for the purchase of advanced weapons systems, and $11.3 billion to US military operations in the region. In addition, the package provides for the supply of ATACMS long-range missile systems to Ukraine.
After receiving approval from the House of Representatives, the bill moves to the Senate for a vote. Subsequently, it will be presented to US President Joe Biden for his signature. Once signed, the law will come into force.
In a follow-up tweet, Sacks said, “Based on some simple math, the new funding bill that’s being widely hailed as saving Ukraine will buy precisely half of a Summer Counteroffensive.”
Responding to the tweet, Musk highlighted, “My biggest concern is that there is no exit strategy, just a forever war where kids die in trenches from artillery or charging machine guns and snipers through minefields.”
The billionaire also drew attention to Sacks’ post in which he expressed surprise at the fact that American Democrats waved Ukrainian flags during the vote in Congress, yet “If you vote to send our money abroad while waving a foreign flag, you’ll be called an American patriot,” whilst “if you vote to keep our money at home to fund domestic priorities like the border, you’ll be called a foreign agent. Bizarro world.”
“Crazy,” Musk commented.
Musk has consistently criticised Western policy on the Ukraine War. Last month, the owner of X slammed forced conscription in Ukraine, saying many people died without any progress in 2023. In February, the Tesla CEO supported David Sacks’ view that the Ukrainian conflict is “based on lies.” He stressed that none of the questions currently being raised about the crisis in Ukraine correspond to reality.
In early October 2022, a Twitter survey about a hypothetical peace agreement between Moscow and Kiev that would include, among other conditions, Ukraine’s neutrality and referendums on accession to Russia, supervised by the UN, in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics and the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. He also cast doubt on Ukraine’s victory, recalling that its population is three times smaller than Russia’s and urged for peace initiatives between the two states.
After Musk’s statements about the conflict in Ukraine, the Ukrainian “Kill List” website Myrotvorets added the tycoon to its list, noting that the businessman has allegedly “contributed to Russian propaganda on more than one occasion.” However, his profile was on the website for only 15 minutes, after which it was deleted.
The new US aid package will not change the situation on the battlefield. Instead, Ukraine will find itself in an inescapable debt bondage intended to enrich the “insatiable” defence industry, as Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said.
“Of course, we will win, despite the 61 billion blood dollars that will mainly feed its own insatiable sector of the defence industry,” Medvedev wrote on his Telegram channel, adding that the US House of Representatives voted in favour of “maximising the number of victims of this war.”
The money that will likely be approved for Ukraine will mostly probably go to defence contractors to make newer equipment for the US military, while Washington will offload older material to Ukraine. Although this may prolong the conflict, it is certainly nowhere near enough to ensure Ukrainian victory, and this is a reality that Sacks and Musk continue to highlight, yet they are ignored or ridiculed by the US establishment.
stop promoting cia proteges like david sacks or elon musk
dumb conclusion – apply your brain for once!
paypal mafia are deep-state up to their necks.
i love taliban dicks up my ass. their spеrm rejuvenates my wrinkled pig face. 💋💋💋💋
lol, that got me laughing irl
do you even know them and who they are?
elon musk is clearly is “israeli” owned dog, we saw him with jared kushner and later during elon and milei there was just a jewish cu8t behind them. david sacks is jewish… oh boy let’s ignore everything about these people.
elon give starlink to ukraine for free (still do), ukraine relies on starlink for its drone war. apply your brain for once!
they are important people for the world. ;musk makes teslas as well.
what not mentioned dont exist or what an your æevel 🙈🙉🙊= 🐵gargle gargle.
i hope you next will use harpo marx for speak.
the educated people organize, decide and produce. its important they work hard and find their skills.
thats no jewish thing and very visible in wellfare and gdp pr capita.
karl marx was a jew too. but its purpose was erased by power grabbing murderes just as we see by you.
its not even his own.
i agree with them
musk’s zionites supply ukrainian nazi pigs with starlink, they hate those who expose the palestinian genocide, but the southern front’s american propaganda lovers write shit like that and pretend to be friends with russia
ukraine’s collapsing house of cards was built with jokers.
the person in charge is a jewish gay clown as well.
elon is “israel” pet dog… oh boy did we all forgot how many jews are around him 24/7 just watching him?
1. elon musk and argentina (javier milei) were seen with a jewish man during their meeting lmao.
2. during cup final in qatar elon musk was with jared kushner (jewish son in law of trump). lmfao.
like sf what are you guys doing? oh btw remember you guys using iran international as a fuking source? oh what do you know.
new satellite imagery from today, 22 april, shows for the first time a clear picture of the s-300 radar that was allegedly struck by israeli quadcopters. experts had already pointed out that a missile impact was ruled out due to the lack of a significant crater, but now it can be confirmed that even the attack with quadcopters was fully repelled.
like let me be clear as i can be… you just need one brain cell to see iran international is misinformation news site (their one job is to attack iran). sf using iran international as a real source shows how they are even promoting misinformation.
now this, the author (ahmed adel) is a clown. “musk has consistently criticised western policy on the ukraine war.” yes, that is great point ahmed adel, care to explain why he still support ukraine with starlink? no, huh.
russians be be offended if we only donate old weapons.
im sure putin already try to use the red phone and now only has zink under his pillows.
the goal isn’t to win. the goals of the (((west))) is to kill white nationalists and replace them by a more diverse population and harm russia in the process. by doing so they hope to destabilise vladimir putin and replace it by a west aligned government. that’s why using the anti nazi propaganda is usefull for russia now but will be a mistake in the long terms.
so the war with russia essentially is helpful for saving the dollar…???