I respect that this is personal for you and your defensiveness is somewhat understandable given your experience and background. Most of us do not have the luxury of your experience, and we do have to rely on sifting through the internet and the various media outlets for this information.
That being said, this Administration is doing a very poor job of messaging the actual use and distribution of the money being allocated to Ukraine. Maybe if someone in the Administration or the DOD would explain how weapons are being distributed against an existing defense budget as you pointed out, the ideology would be better received by the American public. But they are not... In fact quite the opposite is being disseminated from all media outlets left, right, and center..
Really? I think it's completely fair to ask questions of this or any other Administration in power of why we are spending billions on a country with which we have no official alliance or obligation to defend. It has nothing to do with the lack of Americans wanting to support the people of Ukraine.. It has to do with priorities and the fact that we are already underwater with an ever-growing number of crises' in our own country and half the population is genuinely struggling as a direct result of terrible policies from a government that has squandered American confidence long ago with it's lies and terrible policies across the board.
The Ukraine war and how it is being justified by this Administration may indeed be a victim of the times and the current political situation here in the USA. But, that doesn't dismiss the fact that there are many questions that deserve answers to justify American support.
Once again, I understand and agree with this generalization. However, it's not naiveté or a conspiracy theory for us to ask for specific examples of how this is more important right now than the dozens of other domestic shit storms we are already dealing with here at home. In regard to our Ukraine involvement, I have yet to hear any specific reasons, long-term strategies, or goals laid out by anyone in this Administration, or the pundits for that matter.
When hard working people see the US southern border overrun with impunity, fuel & food prices soaring, unaffordable rent and house prices, the stock market in a mass sell-off in reaction to rising interest rates, etc., it's very difficult to get them onboard with sending billions overseas to a war not of our making especially with no specific plan, and the Afghan debacle still smoldering.. Even if it's as you say and cash isn't being sent over in suitcases like Obama did with Iran, it's a hard sell to most Americans given what we have on our plates already..
Meanwhile Brandon continues to play his fiddle and only takes a break to spend more printed money and proudly proclaims that another 40 billion of it is going to Ukraine and you don't understand why taxpayers are asking questions as to how or why the money is being spent? I'm kinda surprised you don't get that?
