Are we "defanging" Putin by giving Ukraine billions? Gambling on mutual assured destruction based upon the hunches of you and interventionist clowns with terrible track records isn't a wise course. And offering up a new version of, "Better to fight them over there than here" is disingenuous tripe. We were not on a course for military conflict with Russia prior to trying to prop up Ukraine. We're much closer, now, though, so well done.
This has nothing to do with Biden's presidency. I haven't changed on thisfor decades, now. I say that we ought to stay out of these quagmires and I'm always vindicated, in the end. That record won't change with Ukraine. In a couple years, we'll be talking about the money flushed down the toilet in another quixotic foreign undertaking to foster "democracy." Assuming we haven't nuked each other by that point, what would you wager that Putin will still be in power in a couple years? Just to remind everyone, not only did Joe announce this as an objective, but Lindsey and other Republicans hold this as an objective, too. I think we should enumerate what exactly will entail success and failure in our involvement in this war.