Did the Pentagon Accidentally Pay Zelensky an Extra $6.2 billion? – The Spin Cycle

Fact checkers spin: $6.2 Billion error? Yes. Extra $6.2 billion? No: Potatoe. Potato.

Did the Pentagon Accidentally Pay Zelensky an Extra $6.2 Billion? – It all depends on who controls the chart of accounts. He who controls the chart of accounts controls the narrative. He who controls the narrative and the legacy media controls the people. He who controls the people can cancel the past. The White House controls the media.

Chay Bowes‘ post on X, formerly known as Twitter claiming the Pentagon Accidentally Paid Zelensky an Extra $6.2 billion earned him a cool 5.8 M views by 12:09 pm, July 22, 2024. The is so provocative that it took Google’s Gemini by surprise:  When asked  ‘Did the Pentagon Accidentally Pay  Zelensky an Extra $6.2 billion,’ Gemini answered: “The story is changing fast, check back in a few minutes.”

The assertion is that the Pentagon miscalculated what it sent over two years, and now i’ll send more than six billion to make up for its mistake.

Microsoft’s Edge was more assertive and when asked if indeed the Pentagon had accidentally paid  Zelensky an extra $6.2 billion, it immediately served results featuring ‘fact-checkers’ like AP News Melissa Goldin who declared the claim as false because “the claim misinterprets a detailed review of the accounting error found that the military services used replacement costs rather than the book value of equipment that was pulled from Pentagon stocks and sent to Ukraine. She said final calculations show there was an error of $3.6 billion in the current fiscal year and $2.6 billion in the 2022 fiscal year, which ended last Sept. 30. That’s a Golden Spin by Goldin, who gives the Pentagon the benefit of the doubt despite its long trail of irresponsible spending on misdeeds. Yes, factually there was a $6.2 billion accounting error, but Zelensky didn’t get any extra.  Why?  Because the Pentagon said so and the rest of the faux checkers toed the line:  PBS ‘reported’ “Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said a detailed review of the accounting error found that the military services used replacement costs rather than the book value of equipment that was pulled from Pentagon stocks and sent to Ukraine. She said final calculations show there was an error of $3.6 billion in the current fiscal year and $2.6 billion in the 2022 fiscal year, which ended last Sept. 30. As a result, the department now has additional money in its coffers to use to support Ukraine as it pursues its counteroffensive against Russia. And it come as the fiscal year is wrapping up and congressional funding was beginning to dwindle.” – and like magic, ‘as a result, the Pentagon now has additional money in its coffers to use to support Ukraine.’ Get it?

As Senator Josh Hawley puts it:

“These so-called ‘valuation errors’ are particularly concerning given the nature and scope of U.S. aid to Ukraine—over $113 billion thus far […] This is a transparent attempt to bypass Congress for additional funds, while continuing to prioritize Ukraine over more vital U.S. interests, including deterring China in the Pacific.By using creative accounting to conceal the actual cost of supporting Ukraine, you appear to be circumventing the American people’s elected representatives. Congress, not DoD, possesses the power of the purse.”

What no one seems to dispute is that the Pentagon, consciously or not, made a $6.2 billion accounting error. BILLIONS! Given its long history of irresponsible behavior, fact-checkers have long forgotten Socrates – they should not march to the tune being played, but ask probing questions.

How does that even happen?  Who discovered the error?  Apparently, nobody has been held accountable for the error.  This is perhaps even more shocking than the initial claim, because the Pentagon, as PBS might report, ‘as a result, the Pentagon has additional money in its coffers and does not need Congress’ approval.’

Did the Pentagon Accidentally Paid Zelensky an Extra $6.2 billion? – It all depends on who controls the chart of accounts. He who controls the chart of accounts controls the narrative. He who controls the narrative and the legacy media controls the people. He who controls the people can cancel the past.

But, really, did the Pentagon Accidentally Paid Zelensky an Extra $6.2 billion? Who cares? Everybody wins: Chay Bowes gets a cool 5.8 M X views on recycled news, the fact checkers continue to show their limited peripheral vision, and the Pentagon, like the FBI, keep cooking the books. Heard of the Pandora Papers and the Panama Papers? In the case of the Pandora Papers, the leaks expose how some of the most powerful people in the world, including more than 330 politicians from 90 countries, use secret offshore companies to hide their wealth. Guess what happened? Zilch. Nada.  Just like in the Pentagon’s $6.2 billion error.

In all cases, the real loser is Joe. Mortgage debt is currently at $12.3 trillion and credit card debt at $1.2 Trillion. High-income earning Joeis living paycheck to paycheck. The Average Joe went from the great resignation to the great lamentation in two years and Poor Joe can’t buy anything, because all discount stores went bankrupt.

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