Lordo wrote:There you have it folks. This is what this is about. We only finished paying for WW2 in 2006
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/is-escalation-in-ukraine-part-of-the-us-strategy/ar-AAWU66P?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=ae568e23e23b498898f11e693a88c7ac
This lend-lease in reality is an almost free donation. Probably the Ukrainians will be paying a small portion of it later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease
The terms of the agreement provided that the materiel was to be used until returned or destroyed. In practice, very little equipment was returned and most was destroyed during the war. Supplies that arrived after the termination date were sold to the United Kingdom at a large discount for £1.075 billion, using long-term loans from the United States