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I support Ukraine defending itself, and to that end I support our countries sending aid and helping them.

I don't support war, global or otherwise. The Iraq War was a clusterfuck, I firmly believe that America dragged Australia into war over 9/11 and the subsequent lies of WMGs from the Bush/Cheney administration and it's a fucking travesty that we used depleted uranium over there. The amount of casualty death, the cultural trauma of occupation and the ultimate failure of the endeavour leading to the Taliban's resurgence is an affront to humanity, and the American military industrial complex is a scourge on the world. So understand that I say this as someone who's critical of war, as well as America waging war too.

This war was started by Putin and Ukraine has the right to defend itself. Ukraine defending itself isn't "prolonging war", Russia's ongoing occupation and rape of Ukraine is - and insisting that the only way for peace is for Ukraine to submit is a gross mischaracterization of peace. Peace would be Putin pulling out of Ukraine and letting them exist as a sovereign nation, and then handing himself in for all the murder and rape he authorised and encouraged.

So to that end, I do support American military aid to Ukraine. It's a more noble cause than the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, and Ukraine is undoubtedly the correct side to back in this conflict.