House Atreides: "Are you sure some aren’t asking St. Nick for another $100 BILLION from American taxpayer money?"
Victory and Peace will most likely take much more than just $108 billion.
Reconstruction of Ukraine alone could run $1 trillion, hopefully to be paid by reparations from Russia.
The US War on Terror is said to have cost $8 trillion over 20 years, or around $400 billion per year, and produced neither victory nor peace.
World War II cost the USA $288 billion in 1940 dollars which, relative to today's GDP, is circa $72 trillion.
So wars are expensive, but peace only comes through strength.
bimboeruption: "How do you know what Ukrainian children are asking for for Christmas?
Did you travel to Kiev and conduct interviews?"
Relax, FRiend, not to worry, you can depend on children of a certain age understanding that victory and peace are necessary for life in Ukraine.
Those below a certain age will simply want their daddies to come home, and not to need bomb shelters for safety.
Ukraine is a poor country, so their children's requests are small and basic.