Marc Thiessen, former President George W. Bush’s speechwriter, thought he was scoring points against U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) when Thiessen countered Tuberville’s opposition to Ukraine funding by saying the war funding was “creating jobs” in Alabama:
Ukraine aid money is going to Alabama to produce the following systems: High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), Javelins, M1A1 Abrams tanks, M2A4 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, Hydra-70 rockets, M777 howitzer parts (Paladin M109A7), M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery… https://t.co/z3eg7OPizA
— Marc Thiessen 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦🇹🇼🇮🇱 (@marcthiessen) February 10, 2024
U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance was having none of it, posting, “I wonder if there’s a more efficient way to create jobs than printing $61 billion and sending some of the weapons it buys to Ukraine.”
I wonder if there’s a more efficient way to create jobs than printing $61 billion and sending some of the weapons it buys to Ukraine. https://t.co/0JGskWqOK5
— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) February 10, 2024
Vance was joined by a stream of X users, including American Greatness publisher Chris Buskirk, in criticizing Thiessen’s “jobs” take.
Coffin and body bag manufacturers will do great if Thiessen gets his way!
— Chris Buskirk e/acc (@thechrisbuskirk) February 10, 2024
The Federalist’s Eddie Scarry also weighed in…
Mass death abroad = “hot assembly lines” at home, folx!
You are seriously a f***ing psychopath lol
— Eddie Scarry (@eScarry) February 10, 2024
This is not the first time Thiessen has made the “jobs” case for the Ukraine War. He also authored a Nov. 2023 Washington Post column entitled, “Ukraine Aid’s Best-Kept Secret: Most of the Money Stays in the U.S.A..”
The war’s has resulted in as many as 500,000 casualties in Ukraine and Russia.
Thiessen was Bush’s speechwriter from 2007 to 2009, after serving as speechwriter for Sec. of Defense Donald Rumsfeld from 2001 to 2006. He is also author of the 2010 book, “Courting Disaster: How the C.I.A. Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama Is Inviting the Next Attack.”
We all know that WWII was a boon to the American economy and a significant factor in pulling the country out of the Great Depression but it is ridiculous to claim that further devaluing our currency by printing money to fund a proxy war is good for the economy. Frankly, it is impossible to mock Thiessen enough for that bit of idiocy
His justification for billions going to Ukraine plus his close association with the Bushes proves he is a “neocon “, war mongering idiot!