There is one main thing we need to do to “salvage national security”.
It needs to be our first, second, third, fourth and fifth priority.
We have to do it right—and we must be deadly serious about it.
We must secure our border against illegal invaders.
If we don’t do that nothing else matters.
There is no “nation” to “secure”.
Every nation throughout history understood that basic fact.
It was so obvious nobody even considered a different approach...until this modern era.
It is time for the US to just stop being stupid.
I agree with everyone of your points but you have not demonstrated how those points relate to Ukraine.
It is reasonable to say that they relate because the money being spent, whether efficiently and wisely or not, to prop up Ukraine is money that we cannot afford on the eve of a looming financial crisis. Therefore, to spend money on Ukraine will topple us into bankruptcy when a new wave of refinancing looms in March.
Before we come to that conclusion, we have to ask, what part of our budget, especially that part dealing with entitlements, is Ukraine? Are we concentrating from a budget point of view on the wrong numbers? Are we crying poverty about Ukraine when our real poverty comes from entitlements?
If we are to cut the budget for Ukraine, will it not cost us more money in the long run?
I do not understand that an open border with Mexico prevents us from dealing with a border in Ukraine any more than I think that border compels us to deal with a border in Ukraine, except that the borders relate to each other in the budget.
It is imperative that we close the border with Mexico, it may or may not be reasonable for us to be concerned about Ukraine’s border. One does not relate to the other, apart from the budget, except as a political talking point.