“Many Americans are concerned about the cost of aid to Ukraine … roughly a quarter believe that Washington has been providing too much assistance … But Americans worried only about the cost of helping Ukraine are thinking about the issue in the wrong way. They should be worried about the cost of not helping Ukraine. … Washington may, in fact, be deterring a direct war between NATO and Moscow, one in which U.S. forces would have to fight … After subjugating Ukraine, the Kremlin would likely reconstitute Russia’s combat units in Belarus and in western Ukraine, on the border with NATO members Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania … by 2030, Moscow could be ready to attack a NATO state … defeat in Ukraine would require the United States to spend $808 billion more on defense over the next five years than it has budgeted. … It is expensive to deter a war, but more expensive to fight one”*./p>
Indeed so! And what’s more, Putin is persistently pushing Moscow towards NATO frontiers. He is clearly determined to get Alaska back and invade Washington DC. Surrendering to him now and without any fight seems to be a better value option as he will immediately pay off the $37 trillion of US national debt.
* https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/price-russian-victory