This was hands down my favorite bit from the article:

Some even maintain that every dollar spent on Ukraine is a waste of taxpayer money that could be better used on domestic priorities, such as combating the spread of fentanyl.

These arguments are misguided and dangerous.

How dare they suggest that money would be better spent addressing domestic problems than on a proxy war half way across the world. That’s misguided and dangerous thinking.

I also love how the article takes it for granted that US must prop up puppet regimes in Asia as if that’s somehow in the interest of the people living in US.

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    Author works for CSIS. Let’s take a look at a list of their major corporate donors:

    Contributions of $250,000 and up

    Amazon Inc. 
    Aramco  
    Bank of America Corporation 
    Chevron Corporation  
    Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC 
    Exxon Mobil Corporation 
    FedEx 
    General Atomics 
    GSK plc 
    HII 
    Leonardo S.p.A 
    Lockheed Martin Corporation 
    Microsoft 
    Northrop Grumman 
    Pratt Industries, Inc. 
    SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation) 
    

    While we’re at it, let’s look at government donors:

    Contributions $250,000 and up

    Government of the United States 
    Government of Japan 
    Government of the Republic of Korea 
    Government of the United Arab Emirates 
    Taiwan