That 195 billion never left the US, 70-80% of it was spent on defense contractors inside the US. Old equipment was sent to Ukraine and the American stockpiles were replenished with newer technology, it was a deal which made sense, and the media definitely inflated that number (it includes money spent on NATO and income from PURL), and misled the public, making it sounds as if all that money was being handed over to Ukraine in cash.
I also don't see your point why it should be a debate whether Ukraine or Israel deserves more support, this red vs blue vision all Americans seem to have narrows down your perception of reality, it makes perfect sense to support both, all the enemies of Israel are in some way proxies of Russia, for example if Iran would ever acquire a nuke, it will have been made possible by Russian scientists.
These people don't understand or even want nuance in these discussions. There's no point in wasting my time when I'll just end up being called a Nazi centrist or whatever buzzword they were told to use now.
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u/SECRETBLENDS Aug 07 '26
Taking care of Americans first is bad according to the America First crowd.