Imagine where some of the money and weapons have gone…
To defend democracy, sovereignty and human rights of course.
Don’t folks ever get bored of these emotional slogans (no substance) intended to rally them around some cause?
Don’t get me wrong, democracy, sovereignty, freedom and human rights are noble causes. But that’s not what our support of a fake democratic regime (”we” picked many of their key leaders and installed them) that oppresses free speech and their political opposition, shut down radio stations and jail dissidents, which abused the Russian minorities when in power, is about.
Sovereignty: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-2607995
Democracy: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/ukraine-bans-political-opposition/
Today these battlecry’s are vapid slogans. We selectively apply them, i.e. they’re not a big concern for us regards Saudi Arabia, the PRC or Jordan... It’s just a perceptive argument the marionette player (the oligarchs in the West that stand to economically benefit) use to get the ignorant masses behind their cause.
But one thing is for sure, I have yet to find anyone that can make a realistic national security argument for our involvement in this war.