An Instagram user claims that the U.S. has now given more money in aid to Ukraine than it spent in a 20-year war in Afghanistan. That’s not even close.
untry last February. But is that twice what the U.S. spent during its 20-year conflict in Afghanistan?
Although that’s what one social media user is claiming, his math is off the mark — by billions of dollars. "Here’s a nine-month recap of all the money laundering we’ve given to Ukraine," says the narrator in a"That’s also double the U.S. expenditure for its own war in Afghanistan," he said. The speaker is the host of"The Splendid Savage Podcast," according to information on the Instagram post, and his podcast has nearly 75,000 followers on Instagram.
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