> 100B+ in military spending, destroying Ukraine, dramatically weakening the European economy seems like a pretty steep price for fighting the ghost of the USSR

> 100B+ in military spending, destroying Ukraine, dramatically weakening the European economy seems like a pretty steep price for fighting the ghost of the USSR. You should keep in mind that Ukraine would be more destroyed without American and other western help, not less. The US for the first time in a long time is supplying a side in a war that has a clear good a bad side.