It's Costing Peanuts for the US to Defeat Russia

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https://cepa.org/article/its-costing-peanuts-for-the-us-to-defeat-russia/

It’s Costing Peanuts for the US to Defeat Russia

November 18, 2022
Timothy Ash

The cost-benefit analysis of US support for Ukraine is incontrovertible. It’s producing wins at almost every level.

Former President Trump, and others in the US including some Democrats as well as Republicans, have criticized continued US support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. They have called for military and financial support to Ukraine to be cut, even ended. They downplay the risk from Russia and argue that the money should be spent at home.

Yet from numerous perspectives, when viewed from a bang-per-buck perspective, US and Western support for Ukraine is an incredibly cost-effective investment. 

Altogether, the Biden administration received Congressional approval for $40bn in aid for Ukraine for 2022 and has requested an additional $37.7bn for 2022. More than half of this aid has been earmarked for defense. 

These sums pale into insignificance when set against a total US defense budget of $715bn for 2022. The assistance represents 5.6% of total US defense spending. But Russia is a primary adversary of the US, a top tier rival not too far behind China, its number one strategic challenger. In cold, geopolitical terms, this war provides a prime opportunity for the US to erode and degrade Russia’s conventional defense capability, with no boots on the ground and little risk to US lives.

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Assessment Type: Traffic overview, Headlines, Background
Preliminary Assessment: High Credibility
Bias: Left-Center
Country: USA
Confidence of Initial Assessment: Medium
Failed Fact Checks: None in the Last 5 years

[Baitball Blogger]

1. It's one of those quiet victories.

But it's not over yet, so Biden so keep it on the low-down. Hopefully Russia will lose before the next election and it will become a major positive.

...and the Ukrainian people will become an example of what the USA needs in gain our military assistance against common enemies.

[samsingh]

2. this is true - i regret the Ukrainian people are being brutalized by Russia. We should

provide more aid in higher amounts

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. The US is getting a great return on its contributions to Ukraine

Link to tweet

[republianmushroom]

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