Oh, for God’s sake. You are too emotional for your own good. You live in a Pollyanna world; I live in the real world. You are — for whichever side embraces you — a useful idiot.
In case you didn’t realize it, it was YOUR money, too, that was spent on Ukraine and Afghanistan and countless other endeavors; so, according to your logic YOU are funding and responsible for everything the government does, and YOU are at fault.
Grow up.
I don’t like a majority of what the government spends money on; I don’t like a majority of what government DOES. But I also think the country as a constitutional republic is still salvageable.
Are we in dire straits? Yes, we are. But I’m not about to give up on my country. I love her too much, warts and all.
And, you crack me up: You wax indignant about failing to cease hostilities in eastern Ukraine. But you fail to grasp what the people of Ukraine as a whole want! So far, they want to fight to save their country. You don’t like that; I get it. But, in the end, it is not your call.
“But I also think the country as a constitutional republic is still salvageable.”
You claim this and you accuse others of living in a Pollyanna world ?
It is amusing that you believe you can detect emotion from the written word.
You claim to recognize the difficult position this nation is in, but you think it can be salvaged, but all you ae doing is adding more problems for this nation when you expend resources that are needed for this nation, to help another nation. Furthermore, you ignore the obvious signs that the leader of this nation, Joe Biden, doesn't give a rat's arse about this nation, as he allows a massive invasion to proceed unfettered, yet you foolishly believe he cares about Ukraine. You are a complete idiot, and you actions prove that to be the case.
You think you are a bright guy, but you are incapable of connecting the dots that are obvious, because quite frankly you are clueless as to what is going on. If you were aware, you would not continue to exacerbate the problems, of which a major problem is the now closing in on 34 trillion dollars of national debt, with unfunded liabilities in the 200 trillion dollar neighborhood.
As I said, you have done absolutely nothing to help Ukraine, or her citizens. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. What you have done is help destroy both, and you are too pigheaded to admit that you were wrong. Instead of facing reality you are doubling-down on the stupidity. No one can talk reason with you, because all it does is elicit blowback from you. Insanity is to continue down the path expecting a different result, when a different result will never be forthcoming. The whole conflict was based upon the lie, that Putin & Russia were seeking to reconstitute the USSR. When the reality was that the US & NATO kept threatening Russia with its continued NATO expansion.