re: The average American pays $524,625 in taxes in their lifetime

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Ukraine thanks us

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This is SUCH a tired trope. For a fraction of our defense budget, we're funding a military who is doing the dirty work of severely depleting an enemy's military for us. How in the hell is that a bad thing? Do you think direct conflict would somehow be cheaper, because I promise you Putin will not stop until someone puts up a damn fight like the Ukranians have.

The US goal is a stalemate. We want Russia to deplete their military stockpiles, overuse their troops, and be forced to spend an arse ton of their GDP on this war effort. We want Ukraine to keep it going as long as they can, but we don't want them to win. Them winning could lead to Putin doing something rash, like launching nukes.

The Ukrainian war is one of the most pennywise foreign policy moves by the US in a long damn time.