[foliovision]

Lots of money for bombs for Gaza, bombs for Ukraine, bombs all over the world. Very little motivation it seems to settle foreign policy issues diplomatically. Which would save trillions of dollars (for us) and millions of lives (for them). Lots of money for war.

Talk about hard decisions and belt-tightening is ludicrous until North America changes it's all-war, all-the-time politics.

[nradov]

Apparently you haven't been paying attention. The USA and other countries have made repeated diplomatic attempts to get Russia to end the invasion of Ukraine but they refuse to negotiate in good faith. So bombs are the only option. They are also banned from the Olympics.