Australia orders $3.7 Billion in U.S. Military Aid.

Originally posted by FollowTheWhiteRabbit
We're broke and only getting broker, we're supposedly putting ourselves on a budget, then we send 60 million to Syria, now Australia is wanting 3.7 billion?

No offense to the Aussies, but screw it. We honestly shouldn't give anybody anything until we start sorting out our atrocious financial situation.

we are BUYING it from you for $3.7 billion!! your not giving anything away

reply to post by Anonbeleiver77


and thats after already paying $33 billion for the F35 JSF's that have been delayed

Originally posted by Anonbeleiver77

Originally posted by FollowTheWhiteRabbit
We're broke and only getting broker, we're supposedly putting ourselves on a budget, then we send 60 million to Syria, now Australia is wanting 3.7 billion?

No offense to the Aussies, but screw it. We honestly shouldn't give anybody anything until we start sorting out our atrocious financial situation.

we are BUYING it from you for $3.7 billion!! your not giving anything away

Another way of looking at it is that Australia is lending the US a hand to help prop up your ailing (dying) economy. We are helping our mates!

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reply to post by Wrabbit2000


This is laughable. They call it aid, while the U.S.A./AUS already has an extensive war apparatus called Pine Gap. Did you all forget about this?
This so called "aid" has always been flowing and will be flowing.

What a bunch of crock!!!

Kratos

reply to post by Kratos40
I probably used the wrong word, as it happens. Aid probably wasn't the right term by how many have taken meaning I didn't intend by that choice.

I did not mean Aid to suggest that Australia is getting some form of U.S. Military Welfare. A fair part of what is termed Military aid around the world is, in fact, paid for in one form or another. Cash, service or things like land and basing concessions. Whatever the case, a % is certainly handed out 100% gratis, at least as it seems at the moment (Uncle Sam does nothing entirely out of pure motives). It varies though and terms vary too.

The United States is among if not at the top for the world's exporter of Military hardware of all shapes and sizes. 99% of the planet gets one menu of options. One percent gets a menu the rest don't even know the contents of. It's Classified too high to know even that much.

Australia is among those precious tiny few who don't just know the second menu of top level goodies ....but can order from it as they choose.

In that sense, I called it Aid. It's getting something Australia cannot get and at present, cannot domestically manufacture any other way.

Hope that helps better on why the choice of words was used...and sorry again for the consternation it seems to have caused.

Originally posted by Kratos40
reply to post by Wrabbit2000

 

This is laughable. They call it aid, while the U.S.A./AUS already has an extensive war apparatus called Pine Gap. Did you all forget about this?
This so called "aid" has always been flowing and will be flowing.

What a bunch of crock!!!

Kratos

Has anyone else noticed the more recent installations at PG?

I say stop aiding foreign governments and help our own

reply to post by TheMadVet


Except this isn't aid. It's not worded right. It's foreign military sales, and Australia is paying every dime for what they get.

Australia has never needed "aid".

We are one of the better off nations at the moment financially but ms Dillard is trying to send us broke.

Hell there's so much money people don't have to work to get it.

No civ with ordinary info can ever tell whats going on with the ADF in Aus .
It is determined to keep too many secrets and is a very undemocratic organisation.
Yet their job in Australia's case is to defend Democracy i cant think of anything more ironic.

Hell there's so much money people don't have to work to get it.

Yeh maate its called the natural rate of unemployment. Ever read any Neo liberal economic theory might be time to start!!