It’s actually:
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US 42.8 bn
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Germany 7.5 bn
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UK 6.6 bn
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EU Institutions 5.6 bn
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Poland 3 bn
(This list is military aid only.)
Getting a bit tired of the Poland strong propaganda.
Source: Ukraine Support Tracker, ifw Kiel.
Do you also believe a flat tax is fair?
Country, Spend, GDP, % of GDP
Poland, 3, 679.4, 0.44%
US, 42.8, 23320, 0.18%
Germany, 7.5, 4260, 0.18%
UK, 6.6, 3131, 0.21%
Then Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania would be top three in that order with Poland only paying half as much in %GDP as Estonia
It’s an old comic dude. Also you’re missing the joke as well as any historical context.
Poland has been through the wringer for centuries and even ceased existing for a while. Having some issues and hating Russia are some of the least unlikely results.
This is military aid only.
Yes, it literally says “Military aid” at the top
Edited my comment to clarify that I meant my list. Overall aid would look different US > EU > UK > Germany > Japan > Canada > Poland
Were doing what we can. I wouldn’t call it propaganda. Please also consider each country GDP. Everyone have limited resources. Poland GDP is 5 times smaller than Germany or Japan and 36 times smaller than US
They’re probably old numbers in the comic. Do you have per capita aid figures? Rough calculations say
US $130/p
Germany $90/p
UK $99/p
EU Institutions $13/p (this one is weird since countries are also contributing separately?)
Poland $79/p
Aid as a share of GDP would also be interesting.
On the source website there is quite a bit more. The EU stuff is funded by a share of approximately .2 % of GDP by all EU members in addition to their individual aid.
I’d love “America First”, if it was about giving aid to all the hungry homeless Americans instead of paying other nations to blow shit up or to fufill a religious prophecy…
Sadly it’s just a Racist Dogwhistle
Oh look it’s another tankie bootlicker using strawman arguments.
Everyone feel free to point and laugh.
Then you are massively uniformed and need to read a history book or shut up.
Not opposing Putin would cost FAR more in the long term.
Also…
Most of the equipment is obsolete or excess stock.
A lot of the financial aid is under the lend lease program meaning Ukraine has to pay a percentage back.
The US subsides the oil industry to the tune of $20 billion a year, so how about you start there.
I’m not big on war but Putin needs to be stopped and while it is costing us in the west some money. It’s costing Ukrainians their lives.
So show a little fucking gratitude.
Poland being based as always
Poland is almost never “based”. Source - am a Pole.
This is the exception, solidarity with Ukraine.
They don’t really send the best stuff, but old stuff that would be decommissioned.
The amazing part is how the Ukrainian front lines use the old stuff to such great effect. Imagine if they had new stuff like ATACMs?
Old joke.
Reporter is interviewing a Polish general. "If Poland were to be attacked by Germany and Russia at the same time, which army would you go after first.?’
‘The Germans.’
‘Why?’
‘Business before pleasure.’
A classic. Along with:
A Polish man finds a genie in a lamp, who gives him three wishes. The Polish man thinks, then says, “I wish the Mongols would pillage their way into Poland, and then go back home to Mongolia.” The genie, confused, complies, and Poland is ravaged by the Mongol hordes.
“Again.” the Polish man says. Dutifully, the genie obeys, sending the Mongols across the steppe to pillage Poland again.
“Again!” the Polish man cries.
The genie complies, but at long last, cannot hold his tongue. “You could have had anything!” the genie says, “Why wish for the Mongols to pillage your own country?”
The Polish man smiles and taps his head. “Ah, but to get to Poland and back to Mongolia, they have to pillage their way through Russia twice.”
