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Is there any evidence to support the case that sending more weapons to Ukraine will spare lives? If so. Shouldn't we prioritize sending weapons to the people o
by ImHereToVote 3y ago
Is there any evidence to support the case that sending more weapons to Ukraine will spare lives?
If so. Shouldn't we prioritize sending weapons to the people of Gaza first, since their casualty numbers are much higher?
- bongodongobob 3y agoSending aid to Ukraine isn't just a thing we do for fun. It's the tradeoff for them giving up their nuclear arsenal. We said we'd have their backs. Money is probably better than sending people's kids.
- ImHereToVote 3y agoPerhaps. I'm just curious about the casualty projections. Casualties with weapons, and casualties without. If sending more weapons results in lives saved, then this would be an excellent argument for arming Gaza with modern weapons. In terms of children saved the effect could be sizeable.
- AmalgatedAmoeba 3y agoI don’t know how much this is bias on my part, but sending weapons to Gaza feels more equivalent to arming anti-russian partisans in the alternate reality where the march on Kyiv wasn’t a failure and the Ukrainian government collapsed.
- ponector 3y agoIt depends on do you want to send weapons to terrorists or not. Sending long range weapons together with F-16 can help to destroy missiles and other long range weapons Russian terrorists use daily on Ukrainian cities. By sending enough 155cm shells Russian advance could be stopped, which mean less cities will be grounded. Because that is the only way Russian occupational army could advance: by total destruction of everything.
- ImHereToVote 3y agoThis scenario seems similar to the Gaza situation. Perhaps if the Gazans had patriots lives could be saved.