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Originally Posted by Paul
Perhaps people are just fed up of paying for a war that isnt ours, rather than being "sympathetic" to Russia.
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Depends on what you mean by "ours". This is a war of aggression on mainland Europe which if was allowed to play out by those wishing to appease Putin would have untold consequences. Putin has a vision of a Greater Russia along the lines of a weird pseudo-USSR, a nostalgic vision of a Russia that can take what it wants through strength of arms and financial muscle.
The money we are spending to help Ukraine is small: 2.3 billion out of a GDP around 2.7 trillion. However it is money well spent, like an insurance policy against a much larger & expensive problem if Putin is allowed to run riot.
History tells us that appeasement is the wrong policy ...