The weapons already exist, they cost "nothing" to give them to another country. Do you want to pay nurses and doctors in javelins and himars? You could argue that it costs money because this means that they will have to be replaced by new weapons but thats a different discussion.

And the same lawmakers grandstanding on the war in Ukraine have spent the last eight years helping Saudi Arabia brutalize Yemen.

It's almost as if helping a country defend itself against an invader is more morally acceptable. And it's also happens to serve the US interests(hence the bipartisan support). The story is kinda simple, a bigger country wants to conquer a smaller country because the smaller country is doing things the bigger country doesnt like.

Do you think countries and democratically elected governments have the right to choose their foreign policy? Would you be ok if the US invaded Mexico if Mexico decided to join an alliance with China? Because this is what is happening in Ukraine.

In Yemen, the US has no interests and it is basically a civil and proxy war between Saudi Arabia, Iran and Al Qaeda. It's kinda hard to find even relatively "good guys" in this conflict(other than the normal people suffering).

If it was new yes I would agree with you, when you look at it realistically, when US announces that it is sending weapons or vehiclea to Ukraine it's accounting for them as a Brand New. But they are sending Ukraine Used weapons, having said that.

Would it shock you to know that the US could spend money on Ukraine, give a more money to the Pentagon and fund healthcare. But it won't happen...

Russia is the first /second main adversary to US behind China. And currently the US is spending 2-3% of GDP to destroy a that counties military capabilities without putting boots on the ground.

Zelensky even has a joke about it. Two old guys in Odessa are talking. One says to the other so how's the war, who is winning NATO or Russia, the other says, well 100,000 kia for the Russians, one says, how about NATO, the other says, NATO hasn't arrived yet.

You turkeys actually spend more on your shitty healthcare system than you would if you had socialised healthcare, aid for Ukraine isn't the reason for that.

fund another country’s war and we cant get them to spend a dime on our own health care

One of the two primary countries we have built up arms to fight is Russia. Sending them to do what they were built for makes perfect sense.

Plus, it's not as allowing Ukraine to languish will suddenly solve our domestic healthcare woes. That money will be spent on the military either way. Best to send lethal aid where it can do some good rather than sitting in a warehouse.

Fuck off tankie

For what it is worth, I usually feel the same way. In this case no, Russia and China have to be stopped in terms of rule of law and expansionism. The longer we wait the higher the cost. We are here because we did not act earlier.

Healthcare is a separate issue. We can walk and chew gum at the same time. Stop voting for people that do not support healthcare for all.

Any source for that absurd high number.

So we're just making up numbers now?

You owe me $55,000,000,000,000 dollars. Check mate.

ah yes, the military aid worth quick maths american defense budget for quarter of millenium. i think you're off by several orders of magnitude on this one, somewhere about five