𝐒𝐞𝐧. 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥: 𝐔𝐒 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐭𝐬 ‘𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲’𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡’ 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐃𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠

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 “money’s worth” in Ukraine because Russia is taking losses and no Americans are dying, showing a lack of concern for Ukrainian lives.

“Even Americans who have no particular interest in freedom and independence in democracies worldwide, should be satisfied that we’re getting our money’s worth on our Ukraine investment,” Blumenthal wrote in the Connecticut Post.

“For less than 3 percent of our nation’s military budget, we’ve enabled Ukraine to degrade Russia’s military strength by half … All without a single American service woman or man injured or lost,” 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 “the best national defense spending I think we’ve ever done.”

“We’re losing no lives in Ukraine, and the Ukrainians are fighting heroically against Russia,” Romney said. “We’re diminishing and devastating the Russian military for a very small amount of money … a weakened Russia is a good thing.”

The hawkish senators’ comments came amid Ukraine’s 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.

“As Zelensky is frank and forthcoming to say, Ukraine could not have survived without America and our allies,” Blumenthal said. “But his counteroffensive is far from an assured success. In the end, the only way he loses is if America pulls the plug.”