War

The far right and the far left are coming together in their opposition to sending money to Ukraine. Both say the money could be used to help Americans here at home. Polls show that 70% of Americans want to keep sending money. If this is like past wars that number will decline as time passes and it will decline rapidly if US troops get involved. There seems to be very little interest in a negotiated settlement. According to the New York Times article on May 22, 2022 the US has sent $54 billion to Ukraine. Russia invaded in Feb of 2022 to that comes to $18 billion per month or $216 billion per year. The US spent $2.3 trillion on the war in Afghanistan over a 20 year period and that is half the current spending on Ukraine. So far no American soldiers have died compared to the 2,400 who died in Afghanistan. Every day Generals appear on TV explaining how we must defeat the Russians but no one seems to be interested in hearing about a settlement. Should there be a balanced discussion over such a serious matter. Maybe a national debate.