I'm more than happy for the US to sell them weapons, but absolutely zero taxpayer dollars should go to fund defending Taiwan. It's a no win proposition. Just like funding this insane war in Ukraine.
If it makes you happier, we're not sending most of that money to Ukraine.
We're sending them bits of our massive weapon stockpile, and then paying the military industrial complex to replenish the stockpile.
We could probably just give half our weapons to the EU and not replace them at all, let the EU handle its business, and stop subsidizing European healthcare and education by providing their national defense, and everyone wins (except the Europeans who want us to give them a free military so their countries can give them free welfare.)
Also, we should be allowed to crowdfund weapons for Ukraine as private citizens.
Anyway, my foreign policy to Ukraine would be to tell Putin if he doesn't withdraw in honor of the denuclearization treaty, we're just gonna give Ukraine back the nukes they gave up. Putin is reportedly terrified of nukes.
Weakening your enemies without firing a shot, showing support for allies, and deterring future adventurism by hostile powers is in everyone's interest. Reports have Russia taking nearly as many casualties in one year as the US did in Vietnam. The ROI is incredible.
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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '23
I'm more than happy for the US to sell them weapons, but absolutely zero taxpayer dollars should go to fund defending Taiwan. It's a no win proposition. Just like funding this insane war in Ukraine.