Do you agree with CIA director ?
I say Yes. Seems to me there should be more explicit emphasis that US&EU support for Ukraine is a national security issue, not a “foreign aid” issue.
You know at the beginning of the war I was all for giving aid to Ukraine and helping Ukraine, at that time I thought this war would end in a few months.... now two years later and no end in sight. Ukraine appears to be fighting a losing battle. Almost seems like how it was with Vietnam, a lost cause we can't win.
I also am having a change of heart about my view of Russia. I been listening to a lot of interviews with Putin. I actually do think he is right on somethings. I think NATO and the US use scare tactics and propaganda to make Russia appear more like a threat than they really are to get more money to fund Ukraine. Sorry, but I do think Putin is right about that.
Then there is Ukraine itself I am starting to be critical of. First off is it really a country at all? Russia claims Ukraine has always been part of Russia, maybe Russia is right and the news media sends a lot of propaganda. You also have all this division in Ukraine like Putin said. You have some Ukrainians calling themselves polish and wanting to join Poland, some calling themselves Czechoslovakians and wanting to join the Czeck Republican, some calling themselves Romanian and wanting to join Romania, some call themselves Russian and want to Join Russia. Surrounding countries are wanting to reclaim some of Ukraine... it really makes you wonder. Maybe it is just as Putin says.
You know America and the west I often think has in history made a lot of propaganda to make Russia look bad. When they were a part of the USSR they were Communist and US was Capitalist. A lot of propaganda was put out to make the Communists look bad because well the rich wanted to keep their money in America and they knew if America ever became a socialist country they could lose a lot of that money. I think Russia has been often been potrayed as this very evil empire when in fact it is not. I feel bad often for the Russia people, most people believe all the propaganda through news and media and see Russia as this empire of evil. I definitely don't agree with Putin invading Ukraine, but I am skeptical about continuing to send money to Ukraine.
Ukraine itself seems could be corrupt. There are reports of the arms the US is sending them being sold to terrorists groups, this is disturbing.
So for these reasons I am really skeptical about sending anymore money to Ukraine.