Biden arms Ukraine via Greece

[Nevilledog]

https://kyivindependent.com/media-biden-arms-ukraine-via-greece/

U.S. President Joe Biden is able to skirt congressional opposition to Ukraine aid by donating weapons to Greece with the expectation that Greece will then donate its own surplus equipment to Kyiv, according to a Jan. 30 report published in Forbes.

A U.S. legal authority known as Excess Defense Articles (EDA) allows the president to deem certain weapons systems surplus and transfer them to partner nations at a cheap price or without cost.

The Greek news outlet Kathimerini reported on Jan. 27 that the U.S. agreed to send two C-130H aircraft, 60 Bradley armored fighting vehicles, and 10 engines for P-3 patrol planes as "free concessions" under the EDA authority.

The package also includes three Protector-class ships and a fleet of trucks, given to Greece as EDA in conjunction with the sale of $8.6 billion worth in F-35 jets.

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[Lovie777]

1. Yea, and Greece is a NATO member........................................

suck that Putin and Orban (traitor).

[Hekate]

2. Biden knows every single one of the ins & outs of Senate & other government procedures...

…and he’s not afraid to deploy them. We are so damn lucky to have him.

Too old? Huh. Like a fox.

[2naSalit]

5. And...

He also knows where all our military assets are on the planet, has for decades. We are truly fortunate to have him as president in these times.

[et tu]

14. ditto!!!!!

[EX500rider]

3. Good plan

The Greek military operates, or holds in storage, an array of Soviet- and U.S.-designed weaponry that would be of immediate value to the Ukrainian military—in particular, S-300 and Hawk long-range air-defense batteries, Tor and Osa short-range air-defense vehicles and ZU-23-2 air-defense guns. Also: ammunition for all these systems.

[brush]

4. Way to work around the magats, Joe. Out fox them however you can.

[MadameButterfly]

6. i'm so relieved.

Think they'll try to impeach him for this?

[bluestarone]

7. Joe's our man!!!

TY TY TY JOE!!!

[MOMFUDSKI]

8. Joe has friends

worldwide.

[Delphinus]

9. Bravo!

If we had real republicans in Congress, instead of agents of Kaos (KGOP), it would be so much easier to do the right thing.

[iluvtennis]

10. Great thinking President BIden. n/t

[progressoid]

11. Queue the conspiracy theories about

oh, I don't know, some global cabal or the luminati or some such shit.

[PortTack]

12. So pleased to find our great president found a way around f..k face Johnson and his merry band of traitors

[AverageOldGuy]

13. Ukraine desperately needs . . .

artillery ammo, especially 155mm rounds.

I’m an old artillery man from Vietnam - you would not believe how much ammo we could run through in a day. Artillery is the biggest killer on the battlefield.

[mitch96]

16. "Artillery is the biggest killer on the battlefield." They don't call it the king of the battlefield for nothing...nt

[FailureToCommunicate]

15. Look. A Trojan horse!

In this case, look inside for weapons.

Well done President Biden!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

17. The Republican party is Putin's best buddy.