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Until today, I’ve been thoroughly in favor of supporting Ukraine. Since Ukraine isn’t going to get any support from the next administration, rushing out a final aid package (if the current administration can even manage that) only seems like it will briefly delay Russia’s slow victory.
I’d like to be shown that I’m wrong. Please comment if you have an outlook that’s more positive than mine.
With Trump supporting Russia will be a fast victory.
Next aid will be for Russia.
Trump already helped Putin with COVID tests, why not give full support, no one can stop him now
Why? Spend the money here.
The money stays in the US if that's what you meant?
Yes. As much as I support Ukraine, it’s a waste of money at this point. Russia can go forever. We need to spend money here to brace for impact.
Russia actually can't go on forever. There's a reason they're having to buy bottom of the barrel artillery shells from North Korea of all places. They've had gigantic reserves from the cold war to burn through, but they have been burning through it.
Russia can still produce their own stuff and have been ramping up production pretty well. The economy still works well overall. Russians now buy more Chinese goods. Russia still exports enough to get by.
They won’t collapse any time soon. However their offensive capabilities will suffer.
Putin isn’t gonna just stop.
of course not, but if things get bad enough for him, he may not have a choice
How could they really get bad for him though? He’s pretty old and has control of everything. He’s kinda just being a dick at this point.
I mean his military. If it gets ground down badly enough, him ordering them to keep fighting would be of little consequence, because armies fight with weapons and ammunition and manpower, not just on pure will.
If he tells them to use butter knives and harsh language, they will. They probably won’t be very effective!
That's not how it works bub.