Already PAID the US : The Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) program is a NATO-coordinated funding initiative where European allies finance and buy American-made weapons directly from the U.S. for the Ukrainian military. No, the deliveries are currently facing significant delays. Shame

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I'm reminded of Apple's "Lightning" chargers, which they wanted to make an industry standard on their terms, forcing their competitors to adapt their tech while charging a licensing fee for using it. That greed saw USB-C get adopted instead.

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Countries like France will benefit. Also maybe more recent players in the arms export game (South Korea, Turkey etc) ?

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Many nations will avoid buying American weapons now if they possibly can. Long term the US are shooting themselves in the foot.

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The UK's official covid inquiry just released its *sixth* of a planned *ten* reports. The lack of a full national inquiry in Canada might be the biggest public policy omission of the last decade.

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