>>Unfortunately, in the US, Americans don’t care about Ukraine.
I disagree. Poll after poll from the beginning of the conflict has shown that most Americans approve of our support for Ukraine. What it's not is a TOP issue for most Americans, despite it being a top foreign policy issue globally.
>>Unfortunately, in the US, Americans don’t care about Ukraine.
I disagree. Poll after poll from the beginning of the conflict has shown that most Americans approve of our support for Ukraine. What it's not is a TOP issue for most Americans, despite it being a top foreign policy issue globally.
The reason I pointed out how much time was spent on climate change at the debate is that that issue consistently ranks near the bottom of Americans' ranking of issues.
>>Before you rip my response apart, I have asked around and despite my point about how it does impact us here in the US-it doesn't resonate.
I do agree that most Americans aren't following the issue closely, and that our leaders don't do a good job or explaining the conflict's significance to America and beyond (while people like Vance outright lie about Ukraine funding preventing domestic issues from being resolved).
>>However, I do think European’s need to show numbers of monetary support that is similar to the US.
As a percentage of GDP, 23 countries (most of them European) give more money to the Ukraine effort than the United States.
>>Also, I don't believe an exit Strategy has been made to this issue by Biden/Harris.
Nor should there be by a U.S. administration. The Ukrainians are the ones fighting this war, not the United States.
>>We just see more of US tax dollars being shovelled into Ukraine while Americans in the US are suffering from a devastating aftermath of a storm.
U.S. defense-funding for Ukraine is about 1% of the federal budget, and close to 90% of that funding never leaves the United States, but rather goes to updating our own defense technology, weaponry, vehicles, etc. as the old, outdated stuff gets shipped to Ukraine. Ukraine-defense funding isn't taking money away from U.S. storm victims. If anything, our updated technology, vehicles, etc. are being used help storm victims.
>>Unfortunately, in the US, Americans don’t care about Ukraine.
I disagree. Poll after poll from the beginning of the conflict has shown that most Americans approve of our support for Ukraine. What it's not is a TOP issue for most Americans, despite it being a top foreign policy issue globally.
The reason I pointed out how much time was spent on climate change at the debate is that that issue consistently ranks near the bottom of Americans' ranking of issues.
>>Before you rip my response apart, I have asked around and despite my point about how it does impact us here in the US-it doesn't resonate.
I do agree that most Americans aren't following the issue closely, and that our leaders don't do a good job or explaining the conflict's significance to America and beyond (while people like Vance outright lie about Ukraine funding preventing domestic issues from being resolved).
>>However, I do think European’s need to show numbers of monetary support that is similar to the US.
As a percentage of GDP, 23 countries (most of them European) give more money to the Ukraine effort than the United States.
https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/
>>Also, I don't believe an exit Strategy has been made to this issue by Biden/Harris.
Nor should there be by a U.S. administration. The Ukrainians are the ones fighting this war, not the United States.
>>We just see more of US tax dollars being shovelled into Ukraine while Americans in the US are suffering from a devastating aftermath of a storm.
U.S. defense-funding for Ukraine is about 1% of the federal budget, and close to 90% of that funding never leaves the United States, but rather goes to updating our own defense technology, weaponry, vehicles, etc. as the old, outdated stuff gets shipped to Ukraine. Ukraine-defense funding isn't taking money away from U.S. storm victims. If anything, our updated technology, vehicles, etc. are being used help storm victims.