Senator: Ending US aid to Ukraine would be historic mistake

ABC News ^ | Patrick Whittle

[Impala64ssa]

PORTLAND, Maine -- The U.S. would risk enabling the spread of extremism in Europe if it stopped providing support to Ukraine in its war with Russia, Maine's independent senator said Monday in the wake of meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Sens. Angus King of Maine and Jack Reed of Rhode Island, who sit on the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, traveled to Kyiv last week to meet with Zelenskyy. King said he came back more certain that U.S. aid to Ukraine is vital.

Ukraine is slated to receive $44.9 billion in U.S. aid as part of the recent government spending bill. The U.S. should continue supporting Ukraine until Russian President Vladimir Putin is out of power, King said. He characterized Putin as “a dictator.”

Failure to continue supporting Ukraine would be akin to Western nations' failure to combat the rise of Germany in the 1930s, King said. He said he plans to make that case to constituents and Republican lawmakers who have voiced skepticism of continued U.S. involvement in the war.

“I get letters every now and then, people saying, ‘Why are we doing this? Ukraine’s far away. It’s not our fight.’ Well, it is our fight, because if we don’t fight it now, it will spread,” King said. “And it will become something that we can’t avoid being involved in, just as occurred in the late 1930s at the beginning of World War II.”

[Impala64ssa]

Deja vu all over again. 🎶war HUH! what is it good for, absolutely nothing, a ha a ha🎶 🎶C'mon all of you big strong men (and those of indeterminate gender) Uncle Sam needs your help again, got himself in a terrible jam way down yonder in the Ukraine 🎶😖 It was 🐂💩 then and it's 🐂💩 now.
Ukraine and Russia have been battling each other on and off since the Middle Ages. Only difference now is 10% gotta go to the big guy 🤬🤬

[kiryandil]

Neocon gasbags, always willing for someone else to die.

[tennmountainman]

The Money laundering must end.

[Trump20162020]

So generous with Americans’ money.

[glorgau]

Or the US Aid could be used as a lever rather than a hammer to end the conflict.

[mrmeyer]

Treason

[Da Coyote]

We’re gonna listen to a senator from Oregon?
Uh, no.

[ConservativeInPA]

Okay, Angus King, exactly how has sending aid to Ukraine benefited average, hardworking, tax paying Americans? How does it benefit you, King?

[BenLurkin]

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[Right_Wing_Madman]

The U.S. should continue supporting Ukraine until Russian President Vladimir Putin is out of power, King said. He characterized Putin as “a dictator.”

It's astounding that a U.S. senator has no concept of Russia's constitution or its political structure. Putin's term ends in March 2025 and it will be up to him if wants to run for president again, and it will be up to the Russian electorate if they want him in office again.

[Honorary Serb]

Ending US aid to Ukraine war would be the right thing to do!!!!

[caww]

Yes and amen!

[nesnah]

Check the balance and recent deposits in his Cayman account.

[lizma2]

Yep.

This is bull crap on steroids!

[Navy Patriot]

Sens. Angus King of Maine and Jack Reed of Rhode Island ...

It's NOT about those Zelensky kickbacks coming in as campaign contributions to Lefty Socialists, honest it's not.

[apocalypto]

No, not a mistake, but the right choice.

[apocalypto]

No, not a mistake, but the right choice.

[NWFree]

He probably needs another summer vacation house on the coast

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[ChildOfThe60s]

But goading Putin into invading and then pumping ridiculous billions into Ukraine for a proxy way wasn’t a mistake?

[Jonny7797]

Funding them with an endless supply of money and weapons will lead to WW3. It’s close but pretty sure that end result would be more historic than not funding.