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Originally Posted by The Fisher Account
Gonna play devils advocate here for a bit.
All this money being pumped into to support Ukraine from the West... is there any consideration to what a regime change/Ukrainian victory means for the West? Carve up Russia? Take control of their resources? All this money can't just be altruistic.. you gotta think there is some 3D chess being played about what spoils can go to the victors.
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Russia is the US's biggest competitor in terms of proxy wars and arms supply (China doesn't do much in either regard currently). So by assisting Ukraine to significantly weaken Russia, the US is strengthening its own hegemony. And by neutering Russia somewhat, the US probably feels like it can focus more on China.
And it's not really all that much money, all things considered. They spent trillions in Iraq and Afghanistan, so this is relative pocket change. And almost all of the US support ends up back in its own pockets one way or another. When they supply weapons, those are US industries (which spend a lot of money on buying US politicians) that are being supported. We're seeing the military-industrial complex in action.