Since January of 2022, the U.S. has given Ukraine more military aid than all other countries combined. In fact, the U.S. accounts for 63% of the total military aid to Ukraine. (It has also given a large amount of non-military aid, although not quite as much as the EU.) And it continues to provide the country with real-time battlefield intelligence.
Suffice it to say that U.S. military assistance has been crucial to Ukraine’s war effort.
For the first six months of the conflict, Americans were on-the-whole very supportive of their government’s policy. Yet by September opinion had shifted. In a Pew Research survey that month, 20% said the U.S. is providing “too much” support versus only 18% who said “too little”.
Where did things stand now? The most recent polls suggest a sizeable chunk of Americans remain committed to military assistance, though a growing number are sceptical. Here’s a chart showing the latest data from Pew Research:
26% of Americans now say the U.S. is providing “too much” support versus only 20% who say “too little”. On the other hand, the percentage saying either “about right” or “too little” is still larger than the percentage saying “too much”. Only among Republicans is there a plurality saying “too much”.
Another useful source of public opinion data is the University of Maryland’s Critical Issues polling. The latest such poll, completed in early April, confirms that more Americans now feel the current level of support is “too much” than feel it is “too little”. However, it also confirms that those who feel it is “too much” are still outnumbered by those who feel it is “too little” or “about right”.
Unfortunately, the University of Maryland did not ask this question in earlier polls, so we can’t track the change over time. One question they did ask in earlier polls is, “How much of a cost are you prepared to see the U.S. pay in helping Ukraine?” The question refers to three different potential costs: “higher energy prices”, “inflation”, and “loss of lives of U.S. troops”.
As an aside, I think it would have been better to ask about, say, the monetary cost of military assistance or the risk of catastrophic escalation – given that the costs to Americans in terms of higher energy prices and inflation have not been particularly great, and no U.S. troops have been killed there (at least officially). In any case, here’s a chart showing the percentages who said they’d pay “a lot” in each case:
All three lines are now at their lowest points since the start of the conflict (though it should be noted that the green line reached the same level in May of 2022). The blue line shows the biggest decrease: in March of 2022, 35% of Americans said they would be willing to pay “a lot” in terms of higher energy prices to support Ukraine; a year later, only 16% say they would.
These figures indicate that the Americans’ willingness to support Ukraine is not unlimited. Though if the initial phase of Ukraine’s much-anticipated counter-offensive proves successful, it’s possible the lines will all go back up.
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“How Much Longer Will the U.S. Support Ukraine?”
We answered this already; the US will support Ukraine until the last Ukrainian!
Yeah.. and then whoever’s available..
It’s about time Biden started supporting the US!
Does anybody else keep getting these ”Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Try again in a minute.” messages popping up, when you try to access the site? It’s happened to me 4 days on the trot now.
Here’s a thread where I’d value contribution from Ian Rons!
Haha, just in case you were insinuating I was an empty-handed thread-high-jacker, I come bearing on-topic gifts..but any I.T tips would also be appreciated.
”As part of their marketing to support Ukraine’s reportedly planned military counteroffensive against Russia, the anti-humans in Washington, D.C. have presented some very bold plans for the fulfillment of their Slava Slush Fund.
If you thought the Beltway class learned anything moral or productive from the boondoggles, fiascos, and human tragedies of their post 9/11/01 foreign policy decisions, think again.
These ruling class think tankers, politicians, defense industry lobbyists, and the like are now explicitly calling for Ukraine to proceed with a military invasion into the territory of Crimea.
From a strategic perspective, such an endeavor would be painfully unwise. It is difficult to analyze the state of the conflict given the consistently heavy fog of war and propaganda streams running through Eastern Europe, but it’s become pretty clear that Ukraine is not winning this fight and is in no position to escalate this war beyond its current boundaries. There is no doubt that the city of Kiev would become enveloped into the skirmish, and that much of western Ukraine, which has remained largely unencumbered by the war, would suffer tremendously as a result.”
https://www.dossier.today/p/uniparty-anti-humans-have-big-plans
Not at all Mogs
Yes I see the maintenance message too.
No thanks.. we’re swimming in enough bull-excrement as it is..
Exactly the same here Mogs. Plus I am on daily and sometimes twice daily log in.
I just haven’t seen anyone else mention it so thought it was just me. Not to sound paranoid or anything, lol. I’m not having to log in any more frequently though, but it must be a glitch somewhere because a site shouldn’t be down for maintenance so frequently.
Happened to me for the first time today.
Yes.. I do..
Its probably 77th Brigade doing a deep dive on your computer as you log on..
Yes I do too! ,and, ive just had to sign in again to let you know I’ve just had to sign in again!
Your average American is about as bright as an energy saving 11 watt bulb.. right alongside his counterpart the average Brit.
Where’s YUK-raine.. dunno.. but I like the flag.. reminds me of holidays in Ibiza..
Not just the US who has no intention of stopping supplying arms…
High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaking to Euronews admitted that the conflict in Ukraine could be stopped if the West stopped providing military support to Ukraine.
The answer is simple.
The U.S. will continue to support Ukraine for as long as China supports Russia.
A question for The Daily Sceptic.
On your facebook and Twitter page recently you described Ian Rons as your “military expert”.
What qualifies Ian Rons as a “military expert”?
As for this article perhaps the public in the US are becoming more aware of why Russia was “provoked” by US actions in Ukraine going back decades and Russia were “justified” in the actions they have taken against Ukraine in this proxy war by the US and their vassals and the US public are tired of all their US dollars going up in smoke, literally.
Until the MIC can’t extract any more money… And then, just like Afghanistan they will walk, regardless.
This is, yet again all about shifting tax payers money in to private hands, the hands of the elites, involved one way or another in the MIC..
And when they’ve done with Ukraine, they will move on to the next one, which is a biggie…. China.
The American public voted in that clown and then endorsed him in the mid-terms despite rocketing inflation, his stated aim to destroy the fossil fuel industry and destroy America, allow sex abuse in schools, and who is so corrupt and dirty he makes the Mafia look saintly.
I don’t think the American public know their arses from their elbows. What changes American public opinion – such as it is – when it comes to wars, is the body bag count. None so far. But Crooked Joe (©️ D Trump) is determined to change that.
As for the Ukrainians and the other frightened little EU serfs round about, if they think the US will stick by them when it no longer suits the goons in charge, then they haven’t been paying attention: Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria. Short attention spans the Yanks.
And… I wonder what Russia being defeated looks like to these folk?
I am afraid Ukraine is like a spoilt child, constantly asking for things and then wasting them.
Zelensky is just an ungrateful brat who is constantly coming up with excuses for his own failings.
Bumbling Biden’s willing to fight to the last Ukrainian
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Sadly for Noah and his genocidal friends, the US and the UK will continue to support Ukraine. Oh noes!
What with?
Ukrainians
On a recent Daily Sceptic facebook and Twitter post you were described as a “military expert”.
What qualifies you as a “military expert”?
if Trump or De Santis or RFK Jnr. beat the senile crook currently in the White House, the US support will dry up rapidly. That’s a risk for the war mongers. So they’ll keep it going for18 months and hope that escalation will happen or that Biden wins in 2024.
“Though if the initial phase of Ukraine’s much-anticipated counter-offensive proves successful, it’s possible the lines will all go back up”
zzzzzzzzzzz
Then they woke up.