The Pentagon said Tuesday that it overestimated the value of the weapons it has sent to Ukraine by $6.2 billion over the past two years. The war has been an incredible grift on American taxpayers.

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Having extra money left over seems like the opposite of a grift to me.

Where do you think that money ends up exactly, think it's going to recirculate back into the economy or end up continue being allocated to the Pentagon?

That money was already taxed for the defense budget. It would’ve never been used for anything other than whatever DoD decided to spend it on.

Biden raised Pentagon budget as I recall, and the proxy war was one of the main justifications for that the other being deranged fantasies about having a war with China.

The money that they could have spent but didn't spend? Presumably they'll spend it on more Ukrainian aid.

If by Ukrainian aid you mean general embezzling and lining the pockets of the oligarchs then certainly.