President Joe Biden pleaded with Republicans on Wednesday for a fresh infusion of military aid for Ukraine, warning that a victory for Russia over Ukraine would leave Moscow in position to attack NATO allies and could draw U.S. troops into a war.
Biden spoke as the United States planned to announce $175 million in additional Ukraine aid from its dwindling supply of money for Kyiv. He signaled a willingness to make significant changes to U.S. migration policy along the border with Mexico to try to draw Republican support.
“If Putin takes Ukraine, he won’t stop there,” Biden said. Putin will attack a NATO ally, he predicted, and then “we’ll have something that we don’t seek and that we don’t have today: American troops fighting Russian troops,” Biden said.
“We can’t let Putin win,” he said, prompting an angry reaction from Moscow.
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.
You could give each American a grand sum of $133. Truly life changing stuff.
You can keep my $133, I’d rather have Ukraine be a functioning democracy instead of just another shit hole where the guy in charge just decides how long he wants to be in charge for.
Imagine if the us economy needs those arms race companies more as it needs the old equipment.
They’re not spending it outside the US…
About half the military gear and 100 000 dead Americans in WW3.
it couldn’t have killed any more Russians than it did, and more dead Russians is what America needs right now…
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.
Can you be dumb in private, please?