Host goods nearly a year and a half since washer russias war against ukraine. We have sent military aid and the American People and u. S. Political leaders support show signs of slipping. It has recently had bipartisan support but tracks among the parties there are a few cracks showing in this support. Welcome to the program, the first part of the program will ask you how you view u. S. Support of ukraine. With the money we have given too far, if you think it is too much, is the number 202 7488000 and if you think it is not enough use 202 7488001 or if you think it is the right amount you can text us at or you can call us at 202 7488002. Text us at 202 7488003. And you can also share your thoughts and comments on twitter and facebook. We look at the amount of spinning powering ukraines defense. The United States has committed aid to ukraine since the beginning of russias fullscale invasion. That includes more than 43 billion dollars in military aid. More than the u. S. Has distributed in aid to any other country. U. S. Support for of public support for this is wavering particularly among republicans. Why that becomes a more critical factor this week punch bowl news tweeting this morning that the white house is expected to ask congress for more ukraine money as soon as this week. Teeing up a new dynamic for the september funding. It is a cnn poll that recently has been released this week late last week as i should say. Majority of americans proposed more aid to ukraine for the war with russia. 55 answered should congress provide funding for ukraine and 55 said no. 45 said no. What about the number via party . Republicans proposed opposed to 71 . Independent opposed by 55 percent. Democrat in support. Democrats largely support funding by 62 . Going to a nato summit in july, ukraine president vada mayor zelinski say in his thanks to be u. S. And the support given so far. Thank you so much for this help. We really counted on it. You gave us huge support. I will think all americans for the 3 billion for today, it is big support and i understand that this is not all of your money, but you have to know that you spend this money not for just fighting, you spend this money for our lives. I think that we save the lives for europe and for all of the world. Host president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the nato summit last month. Our question for you on washington journal deals with u. S. Support for ukraine. Is it too much . The line to use is 202 7488000. If you think it is not enough, you call 202 7488001. And if you think it is the right amount you can call 202 7488002. We welcome your comments by twitter and also text at text us at 202 7488003. Broadly the numbers we talked about 60 billion since the start of the Russia Ukraine war 43 billion of that in military aid. The Washington Post pointing out looking at the number saying the day after russia invaded ukraine President Biden offered rise of package of military aid that had small arms, you nations, body armor and equipment for ukraines frontline defenders. As we heard a moment or two ago, there is an additional funding request for ukraine expected this week from the white house. 202 7488000 if you say it is too much. 202 7488001 not enough. Lets go to marvin on the not enough wine. Marvin, philadelphia. Welcome. Caller yeah. Ukraine became a soviet country and when it became a soviet country, russia said that they would not go to war with ukraine, but they did. That is why we are backing ukraine. And we need to give them the equipment to defend themselves because we donts will on in the world with taiwan and china and like that it if we are looking at this too much, i dont think so. I think in the long, long term i think we need even more to ensure everybody else and that nato has got their back. That is just my reasoning. Host jim has another view in florida. Good morning. Caller good morning. Host good morning. Caller yes sir, like most americans i was initially in the port of ukrainian i was in support of our administrations of the ukraine ill jerry effort. Increasingly, it is military effort. Increasingly, it is a pit that we are pouring in honey money money. We are looking at the wisdom of supporting this military effort. I am 70 years old. I remember well the vietnam war fiasco. In addition to the 60,000 lives lost we lost and billions millions of vietnamese on the east coast. The outcome was not a good one for the vietnamese people. We live under communist rule today. We need to look at the wisdom of this policy and we examine why we put in 60 billion of general kane has commentator he is right about that. We have 30 trillion in debt on a fiscal issue for me. It is an issue, and also the fact that the so call sanctions on russia have not affected russia, boudin, or the russian people. They have not turned against putin. And it is a problem with some of them to keep chinese from invading taiwan is some kind of alice in wonderland bazaar thinking. This president the current one, biden, bizarre thinking. The president , the current one, biden, needs to rethink. Host next is keith from what you think. Caller it is money well spent. And it is why a think some president should make some world war ii type war so we could go through 34 years of hardship for everyone. When we do have Something Like this that comes along, we would have the fun to pay for it and not think about was this too much money or too little money because it is the right thing to do beyond the shadow of a doubt. We are not spending it on peoples lives, we are just spending honey. It is a great thing for the world that we do that. Host is there an Endless Supply of that though . Is there a measure that says that that is the end of a conflict in the satisfaction of the ukrainian will ending the, like the conflict . Caller it is the end of conflict because russia should learn i bet anything theres more good people in russia that if they knew what was going on they would not want to be there. It is just a few people that run everything in communism whether the one it or not. And ukraine has to get there durable border, everything that is set up for them should be set up and about is the time to say ok, we have done enough. The whole world the whole free world needs to know this. People want to support the ukrainian people to do good. Host we are touching on a pole at cnn did over the course of july they surveyed some 1300 americans on this issue. The majority of americans oppose more u. S. Aid in the support of ukraine against russia. Looking at this, art of it is the political view the ideology view that they say in terms of some of the 76 of coertive republicans opposed new funding compared with 60 moderate, liberal republican. 51 moderate or conservative democrats. That is some political ideology and the type of assistance that people talk about. In terms of what we should be aiding with, 63 are supporting u. S. Providing more aid intelligence gathering. 53 said yes for more training. 43 with providing more weapons and only 17 said that the u. S. Should assist in combat operations. Lets hear from jackson in griffin, North Carolina. Lets hear about inviting too much aid. Good morning. Caller good morning. I have one comment i agree with supporting ukrainian, but two things after that, who is going to rebuild ukraine and where will that money come from . Is that the United States responsibility because were approaching 100 billion in defense efforts. It will well surpass that to rebuild the rain. Ukraine. Host have you given thought to what responsibility when you look at what nations are aiding them monetarily is that a alignment of nato to repair ukraine . Caller i dont know. I know that they are going to ask for money to help rebuild. They have asked for money to help defend. Russia is not going to go to biden. Thats my comment. Host thank you for raising that point. Thomas is on the road from rhode island. He thinks we are giving too much aid. Good morning. Caller yes, how are you doing, how are you doing . Yes, i believe that the United States is correct 100 sent correct in defending 100 correct in defending ukraine against russia. I think that is a as a as the next military person i was taught to drive draw a line in the sand and i believe that is what the ukrainians are doing against russia. And if we set on the sidelines and add did absolutely nothing, after russia digested ukraine, they would move on and set their sights on another country. So, i believe what we are doing is 100 correct. If it takes another month, six months, or a year, the russians are paying a high price. They are paying a high price for this. Even though it is indicated that the russian people have not made any negative comments against the war, i believe the russian people are fed up with it. They are fed up with putin. Putin may find himself at the end of a rope. Host you mention the russians paying a high price. We are talking about the Financial Aid that the u. S. Provided. Outside in ukraine, what price is too much for the u. S. To pay in terms of Financial Aid to ukraine . Caller ok, i think that bringing up that subject of boots on the ground it is better for the ukrainians to defend their country than to have american troops put their boots on the ground and defend ukraine. And the russians, although their Propaganda Machine has indicated that they are doing quite well, they are getting there but skate their butts kicked. And they are paying a high price. And the morale, this one of citizens is at the lowest point. When the smoke clears, russia will be pushed out of ukraine. Host we appreciate the call. Color from sterling heights, michigan thinks we are providing too much aid. Caller well he was talking about the u. N. Mailing them out bailing them out. From what i hear trump said we are supporting the rib so that means we will pay for that to. With a look at that as a National Debt, that really bothers me. We are spending borrowed money to we are giving away borrowed money and our childrens future to help these people. I heard that ukraine was one of the most corrupt countries in the world. And that is why biden and his son now was all involved over there, they tried to get in on it. And they got matt russia got mad and that is what caused the fight. We did not have trouble until biden and his son started going over there and stuff it is all about money. They are making money off of the war, they have the war going on with the big money flowing. Government contracts, favoritism on contracts. 25 screwdrivers. All this crazy stuff. But i just cannot sit be cannot see supporting them. We need all we can get on our side, but we are footing the bill with the future of our childrens money and our money. We are destroying the country. Now if you have the frame of mind that you would never pay the National Debt off and never pay the money back, i can see you doing this or you are trying to destroy our country. Obama now this started this with a trillion dollars. And two point 5 trillion from Social Security and everything else. Host you touched on military contractors spending on ukraine. A report shows how mirrored terry industrial, likes sets on ukraine. Wealthy donors have funded tanks with names that produce research that reflect the influence of those wonders funders. A recent report from the Quincy Institute demonstrates how much influence war property years have had on a national discourse. The Quincy Institute his own start of came from the georgian charles coast with 11 months of ukraine war coverage in the New York Times. Washington journal 2022 through january 1 2023. For the first time the thing thanks her mention. Of the 15 mentioned, only one they Human Rights Watch on does not take money from contractors. They said the media was likely to cite think tanks with war industry times than they were to cite them without war industry ties. President biden last month at the nato summit talking about continuing u. S. Support for ukraine. Afternoon. A year and a half of Russian Forces crimes against humanity with the people of ukraine remaining unbroken. Unbroken. [indiscernible] the United States is going to make sure that ukraine can defend itself now and in the future as well. Sending the support that we can us spoke with resident zelenskyy for about an hour for washington, kyiv, and now we declare to the world what i say again, we will not waiver. We will not waiver. I mean that, our commitment to ukraine will not weekend. We will stand for freedom, today, tomorrow, and for as long as it takes. [applause] host here on washington journal we are asking you about u. S. Support for ukraine. We totaled about 60 billion. If you think it is too much aid it is 202 7488000, if you say not enough 202 7488001, and if you think we provided about the right amount of Financial Support to ukraine during the conflict 202 7488002. Johnny in tampa, florida up next. Go ahead. Caller yes, i would like to get a little history here what is going on. We forget what is going on with france and germany, there would be no United States. We have no army, we have no support whatsoever, that they came in and told they fall alongside us. World war ii when hitlers took over europe, we sat back and said we will not help them because they are not coming to us, what happened . Pearl harbor happened. If we continue to let this happen we will be in out of war ourselves. We talked about the taxes and all of the money we spend. Lets be real, everybody pays taxes but it does not bother me or anybody else. When i pay taxes it is five or 6,000 a year but that is what we do to support our country. We give israel millions of dollars and we never say one thing about it. We have no qualms with that. But the part i am trying to say is some of the people that are calling again i feel sorry for them. All they want to do is be political this is not political these this is real theres women, men, kids, babies dying. You see little kids without food. And we talk about being religious and christianity, where is your christianity and your feeling . All you are thinking about is yourself. My god there is more than one country in this world. Thank you. Host what are your thoughts on support for ukraine. Caller how support ukraine in a way and that i do not. [indiscernible] biden had all the months in the senate [indiscernible] and he didnt do it. He did this late when he could have stopped the war to begin with so thank you for the call. Bye. Host susan good morning on the not enough line. Caller thank you i have four points to make up will make them quickly please do not cut me off. First of all, when you talk about the u. S. Being number one in giving to ukraine, that is very misleading. The u. S. Is actually around 12 in giving when it is measured as a percentage of gmp. So, obviously, france cannot give the same amount we can, we are the world leading economy. So that is misleading. Secondly, the question is not just are we giving too much or too little but whether we are giving the right type of aid. President biden has to be dragged into giving ukraine what they have asked for that they say in their well informed that they need to succeed. Biden has opposed longerrange missiles, tanks, air defense, and has had to be dragged kicking and screaming into some lying that. Now he is supposed to attack them with jets. No u. S. Battle would go on without air support, so, slow walking with ukraine just leads to more people getting burnt out and they say it is time to cut back when in reality if you gave them the things they needed it in the beginning we would have wrapped this thing up earlier. We need to listen to zelenskyy and give him what is needed. The investment is not in ukraine, it is democracy. 94 90 of cold war spending was on counteracting the soviet union during the cold war. So, we need to stop russia from advancing onto countries that desperately want their sovereign host let me ask you this. A call raised this earlier about the postwar period. Who takes the rebuilding of ukraine . Caller well, i think that we take sometimes the United States as taken the lead in rebuilding places that we have bombed. Of course they need to rebuild ukraine. If we had been supplying the arms and the equipment that ukraine had said it, not just to keep russia at bay, but to drive them out of the country, we stood by while mariupol was bombed and in rubble. We have to rethink our strategy and make it one in which we want ukraine not just to keep the russians out, but to well, not just to you know keep it at a stasis, but to actually evict the russians. Host i appreciate your call this morning. The map updated from institute in the study of war looking at ukraine and where the situation on the ground stands right now. The large country of ukraine bordered by russia and romania dull the and this area here under control of the russians. The crimea territory under control since 2014. That and ask area done a test donetsk area. Since 2022. Richard calling from Frederick Berg maryland. Good morning. Caller yet we are in trouble. 128 trillion in liability. Biden and his son created this mess. I bet you anything it will come out that had they not been doing what they were doing over there, the war probably would have never or possibly could have never happened at all. Russia is going to do with their going to do and china is going to do were not going to talk crimea. Were no longer who we were. America is gone. We are no longer that group. We have over 100 million Illegal Immigrants in our nation that are just flowing. This is a genocide and this is the greatest migration in mankinds history. People are just standing around just the only thing that is important in our nation is illegal immigration. That is the only thing that really we should be paying attention to. Until we get that under half, we will continue to flounder around. Biden and his family they are crime people, they are corrupt, they are cricket as a dogs hind leg. Host the open question on our program this morning on washington journal is about this or of u. S. Funding for ukraine and its war against russia. 202 7488000 is the line to call if you say the eight is too much, the age be u. S. Is dividing. 202 7488001 if you think it is not enough and we need to provide mo