Throughout history, countries have sent other countries both supplies and support to other countries involved in conflict without being directly involved in it themselves. How do we, as the government, decide how much is enough support? How much more or less support should we send? What if our support is misappropriated? What if our values shift out of sync with the people we are supporting?
https://www.thoughtco.com/france-american-revolutionary-war-1222026
https://historyofmyamerica.com/why-did-france-help-american-revolutionary-war/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/french-and-indian-war-1754-1763-causes-and-outbreak
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/foreign-response-american-civil-war.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
https://www.britannica.com/event/Korean-War
https://www.history.com/news/vietnam-war-origins-events
https://strategic-culture.org/news/2014/05/31/how-the-ukrainian-civil-war-started/
https://nationalviews.com/facts-ukraine-civil-war-crisis-russia
https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/10/europe/ukraine-war-how-we-got-here/index.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-administration-acknowledges-1-7-billion-transfer-to-iran-was-all-cash/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/03/01/was-obamas-1-7-billion-cash-deal-with-iran-prohibited-by-u-s-law/
Foreign assistance flows through US companies
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/08/raj-shah/yes-most-us-foreign-aid-flows-through-us-organizat/
https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-global-aid-true-false-20170501-htmlstory.html
https://carnegieendowment.org/2018/02/27/what-has-49-billion-in-foreign-military-aid-bought-us-not-much-pub-75657
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/10-us-companies-profiting_n_3780973
From 2013:
https://www.globalissues.org/article/74/the-arms-trade-is-big-business
https://time.com/5428669/saudi-arabia-military-relationship/
Older Ukraine Aid articles:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/27/congress-approves-aid-package-ukraine
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/congress-votes-to-arm-ukraine/
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/380483-congress-bans-arms-to-controversial-ukrainian-militia-linked-to-neo-nazis/
https://khanna.house.gov/media/in-the-news/congress-bans-arms-ukraine-militia-linked-neo-nazis
Newer Ukraine Aid articles:
https://www.newsweek.com/these-69-house-reps-voted-against-providing-ukraine-aid-1686658
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/05/11/368-democrats-and-republicans-vote-to-give-ukraine-40-billion-in-aid/
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2022/09/27/congress-to-vote-on-123-billion-ukraine-aid-package/
https://marketrealist.com/p/how-much-money-has-the-us-sent-to-ukrainie/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303432/total-bilateral-aid-to-ukraine/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/all-of-the-weapons-the-us-has-committed-to-ukraine-since-the-invasion/ss-AA1340QT
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/truck-bombing-of-crimea-bridge-damages-key-russian-supply-route-kills-3
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-fsb-arrests-eight-crimea-bridge-blast-2022-10-12/
https://www.reuters.com/world/kremlin-says-it-will-keep-making-case-alleged-ukraine-dirty-bomb-threat-2022-10-26/
https://www.westernjournal.com/look-us-weapons-left-behind-afghanistan-now-showing-report/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-58393763
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/02/ukraine-weapons-end-up-criminal-hands-says-interpol-chief-jurgen-stock
Audio from:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?523913-1/washington-today
Leaked Phone Call between Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland and US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt:
https://youtu.be/MSxaa-67yGM
http://www.billybon3s.com