...that we should keep quiet, and stop calling press conferences to have the president himself announce what we are doing to the world.
My position is developing. I do have both non-interventionist (what business is it of ours, we can't be the world's policeman) and interventionist (we should help if we can) leanings. The passion says intervene; the intellect says we should mind our own business. A middle path seems the best...send lower level weapons quietly, bloody the active aggressor (Putin) to teach him a lesson but not grossly shift the balance of power (which the $40B aid bill might do), and teach future aggressors (China) a lesson about little guys fighting for their homelands (not a lesson about the United States intervening).
I agree with Rand Paul...the lion's share of this $40B is likely unnecessary, and typical American overkill that may convince Russia it needs to escalate.