[Robert DeLong]

BTW, it was you who brought up the money aspect:

If any of that were actually true, there is no way in hell any members of the EU, or the U.S., would still be sending money and armaments to Ukraine.

The reality is that other than than the U.S. only the U.K. is sending money anymore, and not really sure if the U.K. is still sending those items.

So, I didn't change the subject at all.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

You changed the subject from the allegedly devastating impact of Russia's actions on the West, to the West's own self-inflicted, pre-existing financial woes that have nothing to do with the war. Whether additional expenditures are wise in terms of our long-term fiscal health is just completely different from whether Russia itself has stopped them by bringing the West "to its knees.". You're a smart guy and I know you know the difference between those two things.

The reality is that other than than the U.S. only the U.K. is sending money anymore, and not really sure if the U.K. is still sending those items.

Nobody else ever sent much money anyway, so that hasn't "stopped" What has been sent, and is continuing to be sent - are weapons and munitions. And the U.S. - which is the leader of "the West" that is supposedly on its knees - has been sending increasingly sophisticated and effective weaponry that is having a major effect. The Poles and others have continued sending whatever they can as well.

In fact, I think the evidence shows the exact opposite of what that poster was claiming. Russia likely believed that Europe's dependence on Russian fossil fuels would prevent it from assisting Ukraine at all. And that Ukraine, standing alone, would fall easily. I think Putin likely was shocked by the Western reaction to the invasion and the flood of materials and supplies that have kept flowing to the Ukrainian military.

This is pro-Russia people trying to will/speak into existence a Russian strategic economic success that already has failed. The HIMARs and everything else are going to keep flowing, and Russia has failed to prevent that from happening.