NATO's war of aggression in Ukraine is a reprise of Vietnam

As Ronald Regan said, "We can sure outspend them!". Yeah, we sure can. Currently, in what NATO is describing as a war of aggression by Russia in Ukraine, NATO is outspending the Russian "aggressors" at least ten to one. This might conceivably change one's perspective slightly on who is actually the aggressor in Ukraine. For 300 years, Ukraine was a reasonably stable province of the Russian Empire, and the Soviet Union. Then, in the 1990's, just a generation ago, NATO succeeded in breaking up the Soviet Union, and Ukraine became an independant nation for the first time in centuries. Now, Russia is attempting to reclaim some of its territory, particularly in areas in which ethnic Russians are preponderant. NATO doesn't like this idea, and by outspending Russia ten to one they have, not surprisingly, been able to slow the Russian advance. However, as Senator Rand Paul is wisely stating, spending hundreds of billions of dollars a year indefinitely to try to prop up the corrupt Ukrainian regime may not really be a feasible strategy, any more than it was in Vietnam. The Afghans defeated the Russians with only modest assistance. Zelensky is demanding unlimited funding to increase his own personal wealth, and to allow Ukrainians to maintain a middle class lifestyle while they fight. Mercenaries like Zelensky and his NATO allies simply aren't a match for millions of patriotic Russians. If this continues, the Russians will still win, and the U.S. government will be bankrupt. Listen to Senator Rand Paul. This police action by the Russians is none of our business. Let's keep it that way. The Vietnam War almost destroyed the U.S. Let's quit this nonsense while we still can.