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David Cameron just argued the Ukraine war is ‘GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY’ – despite thousands killed

The foreign secretary made the appalling claim on a trip to the US

James Wright by James Wright
11 April 2024
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Foreign secretary David Cameron expressed support for continued war between Ukraine and Russia in a joint press conference in Washington with US secretary of state Antony Blinken.

David Cameron: killing civilians in Ukraine and Russia ‘good value for money’

House of Lords member David Cameron said on 9 April:

I argue that it is extremely good value for money for the United States and for others- perhaps for about five or 10% of your defense budget almost half of Russia’s pre-war military equipment has been destroyed for without the loss of a single American life, this is an investment in United States security

But Russia has killed thousands of Ukrainians in the ongoing war. Despite Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky putting the number of Ukrainians killed at 31,000 – US officials say 70,000 and Russia says 444,000.

Ukrainians are a mere cheap commodity to these savages
– "It is extremely good value for money… Almost half of Russia's pre-war military equipment has been destroyed without the loss of a single American life. This is an investment in the United States security" pic.twitter.com/JLWefuNpmO

— Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen) April 9, 2024

While David Cameron acknowledged Ukrainian soldiers at the conference, his position that the war is beneficial to bleed Russia is in line with the UK’s previous actions on the war.

There was an early peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine in February 2022 that the US/ UK and West scuppered.

UK scuppered a Ukraine-Russia deal

Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett was mediating the negotiation. He said the then-UK prime minister Boris Johnson took an “aggressive line” against the deal.

Bennett also said that:

I’ll say this in the broad sense. I think there was a legitimate decision by the West to keep striking Putin and not [negotiate]

As Bennett stated, the deal did not reportedly include regime change of US-backed Zelensky. Although, peace deal drafts at the time reportedly included restrictions on Ukraine’s military.

Johnson also took a no-negotiation policy to Ukraine in April 2022 stating that even if the country was prepared for a peace deal, the UK and the West were not.

And US defense secretary Lloyd Austin took a similar line to Cameron in April 2022, outlining the goal to “weaken” Russia.

David Cameron, the US and the UK’s hardline position is not conductive to a peaceful solution to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Comments 2

  1. royjenkins284 says:
    2 years ago

    David Cameron just argued the Ukraine war is ‘GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY’ – despite thousands killed
    The foreign secretary made the appalling claim on a trip to the US
    **
    Now let have look at David Camaron flaw the public eye and voters eye. hare my point that all Tory M.P. and Minister including Unelected Tory P.M. Sunak need to address now be G.E. vote.
    **
    P-1 Tory P.M. David Camaron did a running on us all after E.U. vote
    P-2 We public did not vote him back into our Govt nor did our elcted M.P. of all parties in the H.O. Com a fact.
    P-3 Unelected by us public Tory P.M. Sunak gave him the job why??
    P-4 Its us U.K. taxpayer paying for D-C. funding of the wars not him.
    Points I will make.
    Mr D-Camaron is making a lot of personal cash out of the waring country has he supplies arms to both side of the war in that area
    **
    So, I will ask Sunak-Hunt and David Camaron were is Mr Camaron personal bank account held in the U.K. or overseas in the U.S. so he may or may not avoids paying any U.K. taxes on his personal money he makes of selling of arms to warring country.
    FOOTNOTE
    Mr Sunak di Dd-c pledge alliance to our country and our KING before taking the job in the H.O. lord he should have pledge
    In our H.O. Com live on T.V. he did not why? he should also be allowed to be x examined by our elected M.P. in the H.O. Com also Mr Sunak you are providing happening now why are you? personal benefits from any arms deal done outside the U.K. area by Mr Camaron now when he visits other country wasting our U.K. taxpayer money on warring country Y-N?
    **
    Brexit voter it seem Sunak and D-Camaron have a very short memory they asked for Brexit we delivered it so we in U.K. would be look after NOT, other country needs be them at war or not voter.

    Reply
    • royjenkins284 says:
      2 years ago

      https://www.thecanary.co/
      LINK to post 12.4.2024
      David Cameron just argued the Ukraine war is ‘GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY’ – despite thousands killed
      The foreign secretary made the appalling claim on a trip to the US
      **
      Now let have look at David Cameron flaw the public eye and voters eye. hare my point that all Tory M.P. and Minister including Unelected Tory P.M. Sunak need to address now be G.E. vote.
      **
      P-1 Tory P.M. David Cameron did a running on us all after E.U. vote
      P-2 We public did not vote him back into our Govt nor did our elected M.P. of all parties in the H.O. Com a fact.
      P-3 Unelected by us public Tory P.M. Sunak gave him the job why??
      P-4 Its us U.K. taxpayer paying for D-C. funding of the wars not him.
      Points I will make.
      Mr D-Cameron is making a lot of personal cash out of the waring country has he supplies arms to both side of the war in that area
      **
      So, I will ask Sunak-Hunt and David Cameron were is Mr Cameron personal bank account held in the U.K. or overseas in the U.S. so he may or may not avoids paying any U.K. taxes on his personal money he makes of selling of arms to warring country.
      FOOTNOTE
      Mr Sunak did D.C. pledge alliance to our country and our KING before taking the job in the H.O. lord he should have pledge
      In our H.O. Com live on T.V. he did not why? he should also be allowed to be x examined by our elected M.P. in the H.O. Com also Mr Sunak you are Stopping happening now why are you? personal benefits from any arms deal done outside the U.K. area done by Mr Cameron now when he visits other country wasting our poverty stricken U.K. peoples taxpayer money on warring country Y-N?
      **
      Brexit voter it seem Sunak and D-Cameron have a very short memory they asked for Brexit we delivered it so we in U.K. would be look after NOT, other country needs be them at war or not voter.

      Reply

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