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I don't disagree that the US should have been more aggressive and generous in its support of Ukraine. The Biden administration was a disappointment in many ways.
I also think countries like Poland have done much more, comparatively. I'm an atheist, but I think the Christian bible story is appropriate, in which Jesus admonishes the rich man for his donation as being lesser than the poor woman's paltry donation, because it cost her more to give what she had than it did the rich man to give his. Regardless, we all in the West could have done more.
Yeah. The technology and intelligence support from the US has been pretty crucial, but if you look just in terms of total money spent on defending Ukraine, it's something like 50% from Ukraine, 25% from Europe, and 25% from the US. The US likes to pretend it is 1% / 9% / 90% just because that is our mentality (and because that's what it should look like, given the military budgets available for the countries involved), but it's not accurate.