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