[Who is John Galt?]

Last year we spent the equivalent of 5% of our military budget on Ukraine, which resulted in the destruction of the russian army as an offensive threat to NATO, with zero loss of our servicemen. Good thing, or not?

"The russian army as an offensive threat to NATO?" Give me a break - Putin's 'clown car' army couldn't even take Kiev. And since the US is running budget deficits, every penny of your "5% of our miltary budget" (now up to ~$100 billion) that we threw at Ukraine is borrowed money. If you're having paranoid dreams about Soviet tanks rolling through the Arc de Triomphe, with Brezhnev leading the way in a ZIL limo, you might consider the money well spent.

[tlozo]

Give me a break - Putin's 'clown car' army couldn't even take Kiev...If you're having paranoid dreams about Soviet tanks rolling through the Arc de Triomphe, with Brezhnev leading the way in a ZIL limo, you might consider the money well spent

HELL YES, it was well spent. Putin was confronting NATO, demanding we withdraw from the Baltic's and Poland. Now, russian offensive capabilities are neutered and no threat to NATO.

As to Putin's 'clown car' army who knew the extent of the corruption before the invasion.