we have lots and lots of surplus military equipment. It is hanging around. If they want to have fresh new toys to work with, good way to get rid of old inventory is what they’re doing.
it’s a sly way to increase military funding for new equipment for us to sell to other nations that are at war
Arms Trade is America’s big industry, and if we can keep our own people from dying, and only sell the guns and ammo + all the doodads needed, then we turn a profit while pretending to be wasting money
we seem to be good at it