Georgia Knight said:

Condemning Putin is not, in itself, foreign policy. That is emotion, note statecraft.

What both Biden and the EU have done is financial support and extend a war without any plan for resolution. Will Putin get concessions as the result of this conflict? Yes. That's what happens when you win a war. Moral outrage doesn't change that.

What is unfortunate for the Ukrainian people is that they have long had a government more interested in its own grift than its own self-defense. Now Putin certainly played a role in that, via Russia's actively meddling in Ukrainian politics (as was our own), but the result was a political entity that was largely a tool for foreign powers, not an entity for its own national self-interest.

I have no fondness for Putin, I have great sympathy for Ukrainians (particularly the nationalists) but war isn't about virtue, it's about power - and short of escalation on behalf of NATO, drawing us into direct conflict with Russia - Russia has the more powerful hand

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Jetplane94 said:

The EU and NATO off the top of my head.

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Jetplane94 said:

Per my last post,

"Mind you, we have funded Ukraine through military infrastructure, but in total, we are not the top contributor. According to US News, "The U.S. has committed 0.55% of its GDP toward Ukraine aid, which falls below the percentages committed by Germany (1.31%), the U.K. (0.93%), and Canada (0.67%)."
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-co...ntries-have-committed-the-most-aid-to-ukraine

Check my source for credibility. You will see in the second chart the collective funds given by the EU.

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