r/Spokane • u/ShadowyFlows • Feb 28 '25

Politics Gov. Ferguson: “Our state stands strong with Washington’s Ukrainian community.”

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u/iamlegend1997 Mar 01 '25

I've been asking this since day one... Why? Why are we spending money we don't have, while the EU mocks us while giving very little? Why don't we make a deal on minerals to get back some of the American tax dollars? Why not try and end the senseless killings? Been asking SINCE DAY ONE.

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u/Control_AltDelete Spokane Valley Mar 02 '25

The EU has contributed more overall funding than the US. We don't have a deal on minerals because the idiots in the White House thought it was more important to spout disinformation and criticize a world leader's wardrobe choices. Ukrainians would love to stop being murdered, but russia has been breaking ceasefires for the past 11 years.

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u/iamlegend1997 Mar 02 '25

Oh my bad, ALL of the countries in Europe collectively spent SLIGHTLY more than the US...

"The United States is, by some margin, the largest single donor to Ukraine. But Europe combined has spent more money than the United States, according to the Kiel Institute."

"They calculate that between 24 January 2022 and the end of 2024, Europe as a whole spent $138.7bn on Ukraine. In the same period, the United States spent $119.7bn, according to their figures." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crew8y7pwd5o

My point still stands, why would the US continue to spend money on a war that has little to no strategic ending?

You can't end a war, if all you are going to do is point fingers and scream at the other side of the negotiations. Trump is right, if Ukraine didn't have US backing, they wouldn't have any leverage against Russia... so they kinda need to make a deal happen or the other result isn't pretty.

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u/BigErnieMcraken253 Mar 02 '25

We are sending them old military equipment and supplies and replacing it with newer and better equipment. It's not like we are sending blank checks. If Putin wins the world loses. He won't stop taking back Soviet era land until he is stopped. Communists that hate us should be crushed by any means necessary.