Don't Be Fooled. This Bill Is Mostly Ukraine Aid.

The National Defense Strategy identifies China as the primary threat to U.S. national security interests. This makes sense, given that China boasts an economy second only to our own, has engaged in a massive military buildup, and is laser-focused on displacing the United States as the preeminent power in the Indo-Pacific.

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And yet, President Joe Biden’s latest supplemental budget request to Congress contains $60.6 billion in aid to Ukraine and only $5 billion in American shipbuilding and security assistance to allies in the Indo-Pacific. ...

But this bill isn’t primarily intended to strengthen the U.S. military. Quite the contrary, over the short term, it would deplete U.S. military stores. Fundamentally, this bill is intended to give more military and financial aid to Ukraine in its war with Russia.

Ed Morrissey

There's an argument to be made that Ukraine aid increases the US deterrent posture by helping to degrade Russia's forces. The problem with that argument is that China's the greater threat to the US; Russia is more of a direct threat to Europe, although that's of great strategic importance to us as well. 

I generally support military aid to Ukraine, but at some point we need to have a strategic plan in place that tackles the long-term needs of the US military. Right now, all we have is a reactive demand for funding without any real strategic planning at all. 

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