This is the Friends of History Debating Society. I'm John Bats. We're headed to Washington.

Washington's point of view, I mentioned that while we are talking, there are updates all

the time coming from the Middle East. Right now, the Israeli media, Times of Israel's

reporting 250 dead. The Wall Street Journal is reporting 300 Israeli stead. 250 Israeli

stead according to the Times of Israel. 300 Israeli stead according to the Wall Street Journal.

Many captured. We don't have a definitive number of how many are being held by the Palestinian

actors, the Hamas and their agents. The Islamic Jihad is one of their agents and they're making

both statements in Beirut. And in the middle of the night, this war promises to get much,

much worse. However, we're focusing on Ukraine, which is, all right now, in the midst of

a firefight trying to break through before the weather changes to the lines of defense

that Russia's erected to keep Ukraine from breaking through to the Sea of Azov. Washington

is now in the midst of turmoil because of Congress, no longer having a speaker. Before

the speaker was defense-terrated, what we have is the Congress refusing additional aid

to Ukraine. Now, that money, 24 billion is mentioned. That was to replenish the U.S. arsenal

that has been or is on the way to Ukraine. Therefore, I mentioned the U.S. arsenal is not

now at 100 percent. The manufacturing power of the United States has been distracted

these many years and is not now capable of generating the equipment we need in time

we need for one war, level-owned two wars. So, Congress is withholding money from the

U.S. to replenish its arsenal at the same time. The Israeli arsenal is not bottomless and

the President's statement indicates that we support Israel. So, if they request arms

and equipment, I imagine it will be something that is vowed safe by the Biden administration.

In other words, Washington is now having to deal with the fact that the money is not endless,

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