Debits/Credits: The U.S. is getting a lot from Ukraine

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Debits/Credits: The U.S. is getting a lot from Ukraine

By Benjamin Cook How has the U.S. benefited from the war in Ukraine? The idea that Ukraine owes something to the U.S. is ridiculous at first glance. If the U.S. had gone to war with China with the same army as it had in February 2022, we would have felt ashamed: thousands of lives lost, billions wasted, perhaps more than a billion. Instead, we got a front-row seat for a nearly peer-to-peer war without having to shoot or lose a soldier. Some Amer…