Supporting Ukraine

Everywhere you go these days everyone wants to show their support for Ukraine.

Even the Russian market in my neighborhood wants to distance itself from Russia and fly the Ukrainian flag in the window to show its support.

Notice the x-out of "Russian" in the sign with the blue and yellow tape?

Moral support is great but where is the military and financial support to Ukraine coming from to confront Russia's invasion?

You would think at the forefront would be European countries as they have the most to lose if Putin is successful and continues his expansion westward.

That was not the case in the first month of the war which is the most complete data available right now.

Source: https://www.statista.com/chart/27278/military-aid-to-ukraine-by-country/

The United States is providing the bulk of the aid.

France did not even make the list of the Top 10.

The USA has also provided the most humanitarian aid by a wide margin.

Again, no France in the Top 10 list.

Notice that Germany is way down the list on military assistance.

In fact, it was only yesterday, two months after the invasion, that Germany finally agreed to provide heavy weapons to Ukraine.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-supply-gepard-anti-aircraft-systems-ukraine-2022-04-26/

I dare say that if Ukraine had been relying on Germany, France and many others in Europe from the beginning, Putin would have long ago declared victory.

The United States has sent another $1.6 billion in military aid to Ukraine in the last two weeks.

The United States has also provided $1 billion in economic aid to Ukraine in the last two months.

At the same time, most European countries ( particularly Germany) have been unwilling to stop buying Russian oil and natural gas which provides Putin the money to fund his war effort.

Europe is currently paying Russia $850 million/day for oil and natural gas and almost 50% of Putin's government apparatus and military are paid for by oil and gas revenues.

I seem to remember an American President telling the Europeans that it was not a good idea to be that dependent on Russia for its energy.

The Germans laughed at him.

Source: https://polanddaily24.com/4117-are-the-germans-still-laughing-this-is-how-they-reacted-when-trump-warned-them-about-putin-in-2018

Recall that in 2018 the Democrats and the mainstream media were still claiming that Trump was something close to a Russian agent who had been elected through Russian collusion in the 2016 election.

Despite everything that has occurred since that time proving that the Russian collusion claims appear to have been totally orchestrated by Hillary Clinton's campaign (expect more about this from the investigation of independent counsel Durham in the coming months), 72% of Democrats still believe that Trump's election was due to Russian interference.

Many of these same people today think we are not doing enough for Ukraine.

Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) wants to begin a conversation about deploying American troops to Ukraine.

Source: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/senator-chris-coons-calls-for-conversation-on-deploying-u-s-troops-to-ukraine/

Actor Sean Penn, who is known for his love of Communists such as Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, is worried that the United States may not be willing to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine!

What a world we live in today. In the 1970's leftists like Sean Penn argued the U.S. had no reason to be in Vietnam. Penn is now arguing we should use nuclear weapons to defend Ukraine?

How do you make sense of it? You can't. Pray for the Ukraine people.

Look at the facts above and ask if Trump was President would Putin have even invaded Ukraine?

If he had, would Trump have allowed Europe to talk so big but do comparatively little when confronting Russia?

I wish I could laugh. 

All I can do is cry.

It is a sad, sad situation.