Russian invasion of Ukraine/US Aid to Ukraine

• It’s Costing Peanuts for the US to Defeat Russia
• David Wiley, “Libertarian alternatives to war with Russia”
• Three in four Americans say U.S. should support Ukraine despite Russian threats, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows
• Is the United States Running out of Weapons to Send to Ukraine?
• Ten Myths about US Aid to Ukraine

1994: “you give your nukes to russia, they’ll promise not to invade you. deal?”

• How Bill Clinton Sealed Ukraine’s Fate (archive)

2014-2017

non-lethal aid

• Ukraine president secures U.S. military aid but not weapons, September 18, 2014

• Poroshenko asks Obama for weapons, obtains blankets, September 19, 2014

• Fact-checking Trump’s claim that Obama gave Ukraine ‘pillows and sheets’ (fact-check: true)

• In a Groundbreaking Deal, Ukraine May Buy US Armor for Its Humvees

• Ukraine to Get More U.S. Aid, but Not Weapons; Obama Refuses to Budge on Lethal Aid Despite Poroshenko’s Passionate Plea in Congress

• “U.S. hands over armored military vehicles to Ukraine”, March 25, 2015 “The U.S. aid for Ukraine’s army will include 30 heavily armored Humvees and 200 other regular Humvees, as well as small drones, radios, counter-mortar radars and other equipment. All of the aid is nonlethal, and the drones are not armed.”

Objections and counter-arguments

• The US steals over 6 trillion USD annually. You have a very specific objection to a rounding error amount that is being used to stop genocide.

• https://www.reddit.com/r/kremlintarians/comments/zwu6zq/if_you_have_a_problem_that_weapons_sent_to/

• ru:Мне стыдно быть либертарианкой

Other countries’ aid

Estonia

• The government decided today to send #Estonia’s biggest aid package of heavy weapons so far to #Ukraine. This takes our total military aid to Ukraine over 1% of our GDP.