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We are sending a lot. Biden would send more if he could, but the Republicans won't let him. You may also not appreciate that the US cannot leave itself unprepar

We are sending a lot. Biden would send more if he could, but the Republicans won't let him. You may also not appreciate that the US cannot leave itself unprepared for a conflict, or its capacity to support Taiwan and other allies. Or the difficulties in increasing the manufacture of munitions and other military supplies. It simply isn't easy to do. You also may not realize the level of antipathy toward sending aid to Ukraine that exists here in the US, particularly by Republicans. People here seem to think that we are sending all this money to Ukraine, personally enriching Zelensky. A lot of this is Russian propaganda that has filtered into US conservative media, sometimes direct from RT.

bryanlarsen 3y ago
US doctrine is to be prepared to fight two major wars. Implicit in that doctrine is that Russia is one of those two major wars. Aiding Ukraine in taking Russia off the table is cheaper than doing it ourselves, so by doctrine keeping Ukraine from losing should reduce our defence spending, not increase it.
neonsunset 3y ago
For anyone's interested, as of Feb 23 2023 the total GDP spend of the US on supporting us (all expenses) is around 0.37%[0]. Arguably, far more damage to US and its economy was done through deep infiltration and billions of spend on destabilizing campaigns was done by ruskies. But, well, both the left and the right are too busy with self-inflicted inner turmoil and complete dismantling of Western values through what looks like a mass ritual of self-hate. It is likely that current inadequate policy and political actions would be written into history books as cowardice precipitating a tragedy, because when the aid in the early stages of the war proved to be too good, the next tier of equipment required for southern counteroffensive was being constantly delayed, and blocked, giving ruskies a lot of time to make our south the most mined territory in the world, and when the equipment arrived, it was both too little and too late. And now the support is being cut off entirely, with some EU countries (and UK!) left to patch the gaps where they can. On top of that, we are finding ourselves in what is effectively a blockade by our own neighbors through successful ruskie op done at crucial time of elections in Poland and openly pro-russian Hungarian govt. Personally, I don't see much justice in the world in general, we shouldn't have given up nukes and I dream one day our government restarts the nuclear program because it is the only insurance policy left and I promise, everyone's taking notes. Say goodbye to nuclear non-proliferation, say hello to re-ignition of all frozen conflicts because sides realize that you can get away with anything as long as you have the military power, for the US and the West will do nothing but watch. [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64656301 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64656301

bryanlarsen 3y ago

US doctrine is to be prepared to fight two major wars. Implicit in that doctrine is that Russia is one of those two major wars. Aiding Ukraine in taking Russia off the table is cheaper than doing it ourselves, so by doctrine keeping Ukraine from losing should reduce our defence spending, not increase it.

neonsunset 3y ago

For anyone's interested, as of Feb 23 2023 the total GDP spend of the US on supporting us (all expenses) is around 0.37%[0]. Arguably, far more damage to US and its economy was done through deep infiltration and billions of spend on destabilizing campaigns was done by ruskies. But, well, both the left and the right are too busy with self-inflicted inner turmoil and complete dismantling of Western values through what looks like a mass ritual of self-hate. It is likely that current inadequate policy and political actions would be written into history books as cowardice precipitating a tragedy, because when the aid in the early stages of the war proved to be too good, the next tier of equipment required for southern counteroffensive was being constantly delayed, and blocked, giving ruskies a lot of time to make our south the most mined territory in the world, and when the equipment arrived, it was both too little and too late. And now the support is being cut off entirely, with some EU countries (and UK!) left to patch the gaps where they can. On top of that, we are finding ourselves in what is effectively a blockade by our own neighbors through successful ruskie op done at crucial time of elections in Poland and openly pro-russian Hungarian govt. Personally, I don't see much justice in the world in general, we shouldn't have given up nukes and I dream one day our government restarts the nuclear program because it is the only insurance policy left and I promise, everyone's taking notes. Say goodbye to nuclear non-proliferation, say hello to re-ignition of all frozen conflicts because sides realize that you can get away with anything as long as you have the military power, for the US and the West will do nothing but watch. [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64656301 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64656301