The facts are just facts. Interpretations are legion. The USA is built from war. War loots as surely as an invading army. No objections tend to arise so long as Union members get paid, Congress gets kickbacks, and Oligarchs are happy. For reasons beyond reason after Vietnam the Boomers rolled over and played dead. Now they did slow or fast from vaccines and reasonably from the consequences of funding wasteful war.
I worked for ten years of my adult life fighting this tendency. Then broke, destitute, shifted to plaintiff paralegal in asbestos litigation. In this role I learned the world knew in the 30’s about asbestos cancer and cared little. By world I mean those in a position to know. I do not mean those occupationally exposed. Men who were black tasked to sweep out Navy ships filled with asbestos dust and others exposed occupationally. In this context frame our moment. Elites do not care, never cared and will not hesitate to do the wrong thing. So it is with Ukraine. War is the health of the corrupt state whose boat rises high on blood tides. Consequences tomorrow are unimportant so long as deep pockets are filled today.
War is madness. Sustaining war is a greater madness. How can sane people stay sane when all around the insane are praised for leadership and wisdom?
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-prepares-3bn-more-ukraine-defense-aid-fight-years-come
Ukraine is 51st State
My white, not black, Irish grandfather and dad (over the summers) both worked building Navy ships at Avondale shipyards. Grandfather dropped out of school to support his siblings when his parents died, then they went to war on one of those ships. He came home, put 7 kids through college, had 32 grandkids and a few great grands. Later died of lung whatever. No surprise, no parting gift. The American Dream.