The US got great bang for the buck at the beginning of the war but diminishing marginal returns set in as soon as the spring offensive flopped. The warmongers who declare that Europe is at risk and we must keep throwing money away should be ignored.<p>You don’t need a phd in Russian studies to understand that Putin rues the day he listened to his advisers. Can you imagine some KGB colonel going to Putin and saying “Let’s invade Lithuania”?<p>One of Zelenskyy’s comedian buddies needs to tell him it’s time to negotiate.
This is the weak aspect of democracies my friends. The enemy can put out propaganda, ignorant people will believe it, and representatives will vote in the interests of the enemy.