Sen. Romney recently called the proxy war the ‘the best national defense spending’ the US has ever done
by Dave DeCamp, Antiwar. com, August 30, 2023
Fresh from a trip to Kyiv, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is arguing that the US is getting its โmoneyโs worthโ in Ukraine because Russia is taking losses and no Americans are dying, showing a lack of concern for Ukrainian lives.
โEven Americans who have no particular interest in freedom and independence in democracies worldwide, should be satisfied that weโre getting our moneyโs worth on our Ukraine investment,โ Blumenthal wrote in the Connecticut Post.
โFor less than 3 percent of our nationโs military budget, weโve enabled Ukraine to degrade Russiaโs military strength by half โฆ All without a single American service woman or man injured or lost,โ he added.
The argument has become a common talking point among hawks in Washington who want the US to keep fueling the proxy war against Russia. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) recently called the conflict โthe best national defense spending I think weโve ever done.โ
โWeโre losing no lives in Ukraine, and the Ukrainians are fighting heroically against Russia,โ Romney said. โWeโre diminishing and devastating the Russian military for a very small amount of money โฆ a weakened Russia is a good thing.โ
The hawkish senatorsโ comments came amid Ukraineโs faltering counteroffensive. Despite the lack of success on the battlefield, the Biden administration and most members of Congress want to keep funding the war, which they acknowledge would not continue without US support.
โAs Zelensky is frank and forthcoming to say, Ukraine could not have survived without America and our allies,โ Blumenthal said. โBut his counteroffensive is far from an assured success. In the end, the only way he loses is if America pulls the plug.โ
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