Another company prioritizing Foreign countries and not the USA. It’s a business, I get that, just wished that more companies prioritize the domestic market first.
Another company prioritizing Foreign countries and not the USA. It’s a business, i get that, just wished that more companies prioritize the domestic market first.
It doesn’t say whether the Ukrainian government has a standing order to buy anything that shoots, or whether this is one of those donations for the purpose of virtue signaling that the owner “modestly” boasts of in the media so as to get maximum moral capital and returns in the form of sales to his politically aware base, from his generosity.
Two quite different scenarios really.
Um… did you read it? Because the article describes EXACTLY how this inventory of guns came to be available - a Ukrainian dealer had placed an order, but has since become unavailable - at which point, since the import authorizations had been already made, they decided to donate them to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, and eat the costs.
Um… did you read it? Because the article describes EXACTLY how this inventory of guns came to be available - a Ukrainian dealer had placed an order, but has since become unavailable - at which point, since the import authorizations had been already made, they decided to donate them to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, and eat the costs.
If they decided to donate that is what I missed. To my reading it wasn’t clear if the guns were a donation or a sale (after the original purchaser went radio silent.) Donation seemed strongly implied but was not specifically mentioned, I thought.
Since the Ukrainian government is getting them, and they're not a standard adopted weapon, it's basically guaranteed they'll be listed as "distributed" and promptly sold off by some official to whatever black market organization that wants them.It would certainly be interesting to see who actually gets them. They have Martial Law now and the government has taken control of most everything.
Be cynical. Doubt everything you hear about this. The news manipulation is massive.Not to be cynical
Very true. Before February 2022, the media reported the Ukrainian government as a corrupt authoritarian regime that jailed journalists and political opponents.Be cynical. Doubt everything you hear about this. The news manipulation is massive.
Very true. Before February 2022, the media reported the Ukrainian government as a corrupt authoritarian regime that jailed journalists and political opponents.
I have worked with Russians and Ukrainians in the past, artists and programmers, who openly say this.
Today, the media is pretending they're Great Britain during WW2. (They're not.)
There is little to no place for a novelty semi-auto only 9mm sporting carbine in direct line combat.
Cynics are less likely to be sheep.Why all the cynicism? Cynicism is a disease.
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I didn't go back to watch the video again so I could be mistaken, but it sounded to me like they were hoping they will get reimbursed at some point by the ukrainian government but no agreement or promise of payment had been made so that probably will not happen.