So, the US is sending lots of weapons to Ukraine. Is the US at war with Russia by proxy (Ukraine being the proxy)?
How is sending weapons to Ukraine much different than sending troops? It’s not that different at all in my view. As an American, am I at war with Russia right now? I mean, my tax money is going towards the war effort. Will I look back at this year as when the war between our nations begun?
Lots of spending for lots of weapons...
“Those amounts by themselves are in excess of $3 billion; by the end of April, the total U.S. expenditure on the war in Ukraine was close to $14 billion, drawn from the additional $13.5 billion
Congress authorized in mid-March. While some of that is earmarked for economic and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine, most of it will go into the coffers of the weapons industry — including Raytheon, on whose Board of Directors the current Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin,
sat immediately before being chosen by Biden to run the Pentagon. As CNN put it: “about $6.5 billion, roughly half of the aid package, will go to the US Department of Defense so it can deploy troops to the region and send defense equipment to Ukraine.”
“As enormous as those sums already are, they were dwarfed by
the Biden administration's announcement on April 28 that it “is asking Congress for $33 billion in funding to respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than double the $14 billion in support authorized so far.” The White House itself
acknowledges that the vast majority of that new spending package will go to the purchase of weaponry and other military assets: “$20.4 billion in additional security and military assistance for Ukraine and for U.S. efforts to strengthen European security in cooperation with our NATO allies and other partners in the region.”
Biden Wanted $33B More For Ukraine. Congress Quickly Raised it to $40B. Who Benefits?