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Do not let Putin win, Biden pleads with Republicans on Ukraine
(www.reuters.com)
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imagine what that 44 billion could have bought if spent in America on Americans, instead of in Ukraine for Ukrainians....
We have enough money to do both. This spending comes from resources already appropriated for the defense department, and soft power is not something to undervalue.
Pretty short sighted thinking. You think the global economy will improve if Putin gets his way? He's not exactly a friend to America last I checked.
You could give each American a grand sum of $133. Truly life changing stuff.
5% more annual spending in aircraft carriers and shit?
You realize how expensive it would have been if the US would have fought a war against Russia themselves? Right now, Ukraine is defeating one of the top enemies of the US for the US.
No, they're doing it for themselves. The US is just a beneficiary of their efforts.
Poor choice of words by me, but it was exactly my point. Of course they are fighting for themselves, but the US giving Ukraine weapons is the US fighting Russia without risking any of their own troops. It couldn't get cheaper than this to fight Russia.
Money well spent; it's a case where the cynics and idealists can both agree and be correct in their own right. We are destroying Russian power (soft and otherwise) by proxy on a shoestring budget, and we are standing by a sovereign ally at their greatest need.
Exactly. I don't think people realize that, although it sounds like Ukraine gets a shitload of money, it's still probably pennies compared to the cost of being in an actual war.
About half the military gear and 100 000 dead Americans in WW3.
Can you be dumb in private, please?
Profit for Big Oil at the expense of the environment?