Originally Posted by
oladub
The EU has a larger population, a larger GNP and is closer to Ukraine than is the US. It follows that the US should consider taking the lead of of the EU. However, as Ukraine is not a ally of the US and has no defense treaties with the US, there is no need to even play a minor role to the EU. Yet, today we have a photo of SOS Kerry handing out $1B to Ukraine. We just cut our veterans' pensions but had a spare $1B to watch disappear in Ukraine. Meanwhile, what has the EU contributed? The US should stop doing chores and paying bills for the EU.