Comments by "" (@christophermurphy4511) on "What will happen in year three of the war?" video.

  1. As a fellow American, I must correct some of your assumptions. America has NOT given more money to Ukraine than Europe combined via the EU plus individual European countries. In addition, several European countries (specifically the Baltic states) have given a higher percentage of their annual GDP than the US has to Ukraine. Remember that our military budget is 3% of our GDP and we have given ~3% of our annual military budget to Ukraine. However, what is more important here is what happens to the large majority of the $ the we "give" to Ukraine. Approximately 80% (according to what I can find on line) will go to American arms companies to produce newer and more updated weapons to replace the old stocks of weapons that we give Ukraine at "replacement value", saving us the cost of weapons disposal (although we would be paying for the shipment of the old weapons). What "replacement value" means is that, for example, every ATACM built in the 1990's that we give Ukraine, the "replacement value" is the cost of the NEW ATACM that will go into American stockpiles. Hope this helps clarify what we are doing as Americans to defend democracy against Putin, Khomeini, and Kim Jung Un. @MrElliotc02 
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  2. Moldova is first to fall to Russia. @TheThirstyOtter 
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  3. Too late. Putin already started that. @adriancarty612 
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  4. Thank you for seeing what all this mess is heading towards if the West cowers to Putin and Trump wins the US elections in November 2024. @col0342 
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  5. Because they are opposed to dictatorships like Putin, Kim Jung Un, and Khomeini...you know, the only countries supporting Russia in this war. You can most likely in Xi / China in that list too. Why are you against personal freedom and democracy? @amraceway 
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  6. Unless you're forced to defend yourself. @amraceway 
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  7. Good to know that you support dictators instead of freedom and democracy. People like you cannot understand until it happens to you. People like me are working so that doesn't happen to you or me. That's the difference between you and me. @amraceway 
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  8. Ukraine will not ask for soldiers. Nice scare tactic but it falls flat. The only way the us Westerners would ever have "boots on the ground" is if we let Putin win in Ukraine and Putin then attacks a NATO country, triggering article 5. @goenzoy712 
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  9. Another attempt at freshman psychology. Germany was the aggressor the last two times. Now Russia is the aggressor and Germany is part of an alliance of democracies. Good try but you're going to have to do better. @LaluBhaiya1233 
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  10. Is this Medvedev? Your points are trash. Look, the total American defense budget is 3-4% of the national GDP. On top of that, we/ve only spend about 3-4% of our annual defense budget on Ukraine. The Treasury is fighting moderate inflation but is othwerise fine (and American inflation is way lower than Russian inflation under Putin). There's plenty of dollars to pay American workers to produce American weapons that will replete American defense stockpiles while we give Ukraine our old weapons that we were going to have to pay for their safe disposal anyway. @danielhutchinson6604 
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  11. Republican Senator Lankford of Oklahoma did introduce the most stringent anti-immigration bill that America has ever seen. However, former President Trump told the Republican congressmen and women to NOT vote for border security as Trump did not want Biden to get credit for solving the border crisis as Trump wants to use the southern border as an election strategy. @teblack2 
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  12. The majority of us Americans DO want to support Ukraine! However, the MAGA Republicans take all of their orders from former President Trump...and Trump told them to quash any support for Ukraine. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson only has to call for a yes/no vote for Ukraine support and it will pass with a super majority. However, since Mike Johnson does everything Trump tells him to do (ie no support for Ukraine), Mr. Johnson has refused to let the House of Representatives vote on this issue. Our government is being held hostage on the Ukraine issue by one person (Mike Johnson) because Trump told him to do so. @mike_oe 
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  13. As an American, I think your synopsis is pretty spot on. Thanks! @JABN97 
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  14. Very good big picture assessment. Thanks! @ebrim5013 
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  15. I am more concerned with reality than either optimism or cynicism. However, my main point is that we are not "giving" a large amount of money nor military equipment to Ukraine as many of the MAGA politicians like to claim. Rather, we are providing for Ukraine in a way that symbiotically helps America as well. @ettoreatalan8303 
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  16. Putin's war is a good test for NATO as it has not been challenged like this to date. Fortunately, NATO seems to be working out it's kinks and will be much much more ready for Putin if he extends his military into a NATO country. @TheThirstyOtter 
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  17. I remember Putin planning to take Kyiv in three days. None of that exists now. David has held Goliath at bay for two years now with the help of Western weapons. @MuhammadRidwan-pe7ny 
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