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>fighting a small country This is disingenuous considering the entire Western World is helping Ukraine with weapons, intel, billions worth of aid, sanctions on
by yucky 4y ago
>fighting a small country
This is disingenuous considering the entire Western World is helping Ukraine with weapons, intel, billions worth of aid, sanctions on Russia etc. Russia is fighting a war in Ukraine, but it's not just against Ukraine. In their view, they are fighting a war against the West in Ukraine.
- kosherhurricane 4y agoOh, it's worse than that. US Lend Lease to Ukraine was what, $30B? And that money hasn't been even tapped yet. I don't know the current numbers today, but I'm thinking at least $5B has gone to Ukraine in arms, just from the United States. Ukraine's pre-war military budget seems to be about $6B. US is basically subsidizing UKR defense spending for the next 5 years. Given the US defense budget is ~$1T, spending < 10% to drastically depleting the Russian military (without even using US forces) is an opportunity that will not be squandered. Russia can complain all they want, but the truth is they can stop this war immediately by withdrawing. It's a war of choice that they can no longer withdraw from.