[BobL]

“Calling Ukraine’s military a “NATO army” is pure wishful thinking, since for all their courage, Ukraine’s army is nowhere near to approaching the standards NATO sets for its own forces.”

All I know is that NATO stores of arms are being DEPLETED, BIG TIME. Perhaps they’re not going to the Ukrainians - so maybe we’re arming the Russians?

[BroJoeK]

"All I know is that NATO stores of arms are being DEPLETED, BIG TIME.
Perhaps they’re not going to the Ukrainians - so maybe we’re arming the Russians?"

Chinese, Iranian and North Korean military aid is going to Russia, and democratic countries worldwide support Ukraine.
Both Russians and Ukrainians have foreign units in their armies and we don't know which army uses more foreigners.

As for depleting NATO military stocks, it's decades long past time that NATO countries increase their defense spending -- as Pres. Trump insisted.

1. Today 10 NATO countries, including Germany, spend barely 1% of GDP on defense.
2. Another 10 NATO countries, including France, spend less than 2% of GDP on defense.
3. Another 7 NATO countries, including the UK, spend less than 2.5% on defense.
4. Only the US and Greece spend more than 3% on defense.
   
5. US defense spending, now circa 3.5%, is down from nearly 9% during Vietnam, 6% during President Reagan's Cold War buildup and nearly 5% during the War on Terror.

None of these numbers make sense in light of highly aggressive dictatorships -- Russia, China, Iran and others -- moving to achieve their dreams of empire through military conquest.