OMG, you are the kind of person that would object to liberating Europe from Hitler because the cost to the taxpayer is too high.
Som things have no price.
Totally different scenario. Hitler was actively bombing the UK and had invaded the Channel islands. Also important to note, Hitler rose to power on the back of the west/world sanctioning and isolating Germany after WW1.
But importantly he didn't have the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons on the planet, as Russia does.
I'm increasingly sceptical /worries about what this proxy war is leading to and yes I am starting to think, regardless of what the media writes in the west, that the Ukraine is a lost cause.
Sure, if a "bit" of money can help solve problems I'm all for that. But western governments don't exactly have a great track record in this recently.