The U.S. Government stands divided over the issue of aid to Ukraine. A large group of Republicans (as well as some Democrats) stand opposed to aid for Ukraine. For example, Republican Rand Paul tweeted this on September 30th “When I said I'd do everything I could to stop the US government from being held hostage to Ukraine, I meant it. We cannot continue to put the needs of other countries above our own. We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the U.S. economy. I'm grateful to all Members of Congress who stood with me, but the battle to fund our government isn't over yet - the forever-war crowd will return.” Even though this expresses some of the stronger opinions of this Ukraine-opposed group, the whole anti-support group still agrees on the basic message in this tweet: “We cannot continue to put the needs of other countries above our own.”
The United States had been aiding Ukraine greatly since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war. This was in large part due to the efforts of President Joe Biden, who passed plenty of bills for Ukraine aid. He leads the group (which is mainly Democrat) in the government that supports aid to Ukraine and Ukraine in general. As a result of this group’s support, the U.S. has sent 75 billion dollars in aid to Ukraine, but as already mentioned, the U.S.’s support is at risk because of the mainly Republican anti-support group. Here is what president Joe Biden says on the issue: “We cannot, under any circumstance, allow American support for Ukraine to be interrupted.”
Recently however, Kevin McCarthy, the former House Speaker who leads the Ukraine aid opposition group, has been removed from his post of House Speaker. This does not bode well for the anti-support group, as without a House Speaker or other powerful person on their side, their influence is limited in the U.S. Government. However, with the terrorist attack in the Gaza Strip, the U.S is supplying even more aid to other nations, making Rand Paul’s point stronger: “...We cannot continue to put the needs of other countries above our own.”
I think that the U.S. must supply aid to Ukraine, as well as Israel. If aid is not supplied to Ukraine, the fate of the war against Russia will be compromised. This may compromise not just the fate of Ukraine, but the fate of the Western world, in fact, maybe the whole world may be at risk if the power-hungry Russian president Vladimir Putin thinks that the U.S, the most prominent superpower today, will not oppose him when he tries to conquer other countries. The U.S. cannot stay divided over this issue, for the safety of the Ukrainian people and the whole world.
Sources:
“U.S. Conservatives Divided over the Removal of Ukraine Funding from Stopgap Bill.” CNN, Oct. 2023, www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/10/01/exp-us-gop-upset-ukraine-funding-rdr-100105aseg3-cnni-politics.cnn. Accessed 30 Oct. 2023.