The Price of Russian Victory: Why Letting Putin Win Would Cost America More Than Supporting Ukraine.

Allowing Russia to defeat Ukraine would cost the United States about seven times more than preventing a Russian victory.

Far more than that. Because if we let Russia win, we’ll be fighting Russia in Poland in 2028 or a bit later. I’d estimate the financial cost of that war at $5 trillion or so. And that’s only the monetary burden; hundreds of thousands to millions will be killed and lives will be disrupted forever.

We should not let that happen. But we probably will.