And let me guess, there is a clause saying they have to buy from US weapons companies?
That’s kinda how it works. It’s not like I, as an American tax payer, would want them with a 2 billion US funded loan going out and buying Chinese or Russian weapons. Even Turkish weapons would be one of those thing where I’d want Turkey to give their own loans for weapons. It’s American Money, I want it to go into the American economy if we’re providing the loan. Plus based on the performance it’s not like they’re going to buy better weapons anywhere else.
Pretty bog standard to buy weapons from the country giving you the money to buy weapons.
Pretty sure they’d buy US arms in any case.
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Lemmy users learning about politics be like.
Debt based military industrial complex
This is the best summary I could come up with:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Monday that it is offering a $2 billion loan to Poland, which has been a hub for weapons going into Ukraine, to support the ally’s defense modernization.
The U.S. government is also providing Warsaw up to $60 million for the cost of the loan in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) which would support “urgent procurements of defense articles and services from the United States,” the State Department said.
Poland has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country, handing over large numbers of its own tanks, fighter jets and other equipment.
It has been undergoing a process of modernization to replace what it gave away, much of which was based on old Soviet technology, putting in orders with U.S. and South Korean defense companies.
Amid the spat Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said his country was no longer sending any more weapons to Ukraine.
Analysts noted that Poland has already in fact given Ukraine most of what it has to give, and the statement was made ahead of a Polish election and did not mean much.
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“Anglerfish offers bright glowing morsel”
What kind of interest and fees are we charging them? If it’s a good deal can I get a loan to pay off my private student loans and medical bills?
Instead of seeing it as a loan you can see it as money indirectly given to the US military industry.
Poland stops giving weapons to Ukraine
The US gives a rare multibillion loan to Poland
Hmmmmmmm
Gotta make sure everyone’s prepared for WW3.
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Seems like Russia just wants to fight actual wars these days.
