Originally Posted by
NutLoose
One would assume with the US troops already in position they are being used, one was thinking more along the lines of transferring stuff from stocks that Ukraine wants, at least to Poland in a back door sort of way, to get supplies to the region, then when the US finally get their thumbs out of their bums and ok the aid, they are already there and ready to go.
Read it but didn't really understand it . You seem to be saying that the US should have foreseen this type of conflict - is that correct ? If you are, it doesn't seem very reasonable, as top military folk were still saying "Yes he will/, no he won't " in early Feb 2022.
Does "being used" mean deployed from depots: but if so where? The M! and M2 definitely came from the US in desert camouflage.
EDIT: Re-read and speculate that maybe there are doctrines in place that don't allow POMCUS to be used for anything other than WW3 ( or WW3 exercises ) and so it was easier to use existing laws that allow the US to transfer defence stocks to allied powers at little or no cost other than transport ( as posited by LW50 above )