Sending Aid in War

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 Ukrain