44 million Ukrainians have been attacked by a ruthless dictator. European countries have invested 125 billion euro in defeating Russia. But forget all that, because a Fox News host says that defending democracy is not realistic, and this whole war thing is too expensive anyway.
It is time for the democratic countries to decouple from the failed US leadership and take the lead.
Russia must be defeated.
Sorry, @randahl but we in Europe have not invested 125 billion euro in Ukrainian defence. We sent mostly existing old equipment, which was VALUED at €100+ billion.
European defence investment remains ridiculously low for the threat we face, now doubled up by American occupation threats and poss withdrawal from NATO.
I have known for long that European politicians have been asleep at the wheel but as we mark 3 years of full scale war, we're about to find out just how much that's been the case.
I know, but it's not what it actually cost. As far as I know, when allies talk about the billions worth of equipment we contributed it's either the value of old stock (most of which was going to be scrapped anyway) or the cost of purchasing new equipment for ourselves (which isn't going to Ukraine). I know it all sounds very grand, but Ukraine hasn't received all that money, or the equipment it got wasn't worth that either... 🫤
Randahl Fink
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