Poll--should the US/Europe send aid to Ukraine and Israel?

This. Because it's not. 

I said my piece and I have nothing more to offer.

Exactly.  Scrapmaven may have deleted that comment because I don't see it now.  The idea of a Jewish nation sounds like a good plan, except that there were people already living there, and at the time Jewish people were not the majority.  That had to change somehow.  That happened in part by pushing the others out and not allowing them to come back to their homes (and subsequently changing laws to give Jews more rights, etc) and bringing more Jews in.  I consider that to be ethnic cleansing but am curious what others would call it.  

ETA that that statement also does not mean that I hate all Jews, or that I support Hamas.  I can understand why Palestinians would want to fight back, but Hamas has not been helpful at all for their cause or for Palestinians as a whole.  Palestinians have not been innocent in getting things to where they are today.  I strongly believe that both sides are going to have to recognize and acknowledge where things have gone wrong--and their roles in it--in order to move forwards.  Right now, though, the situation in Gaza is dire and It needs to stop.  

We should be giving Ukraine anything they need. Much of it will be spent here in the US anyways, as was already pointed out. Putin has no intention of stopping with Ukraine if he’s allowed, so they should be given anything they need to defend themselves.

Israel shouldn’t be given jack shit. I’m so pissed that they’re being allowed to murder innocent people. Spare me any “But, Hamas…” comments. Any money that is being given to that region should be in the form of aid to Palestinian civilians. If anyone wants to call me anti-Semitic because I find what Israel is doing is abhorrent, that’s fine. It wouldn’t be the first time.

I mean, for that matter, you could say that about the US-or a lot of other countries. What did settlers here to to the natives that were already living here? Nothing good.

I did pn page 2. What the US did to native Americans. What the US did to Japanese Americans during the war. What Hitler did to Jews. What happened to Armenians. What happened to Protestant Irish persons. Or unwed mothers.

There are a lot of big feelings about this topic and it's good to have an open discussion about it. But if we start attacking people for asking questions and not understanding and then getting things wrong, no one will ever post anything other than what to make for dinner and their medical woes (guilty of both myself!) If someone is questioning the party line, we want them to ask questions, to seek knowledge. And if they get it wrong, there are lots here to give factual answers as to why it's wrong.

Yes, we all should be better educated on this topic. When those more knowledgeable than myself post on these threads, I always appreciate it because I've learned something from someone that I respect. Thank you to those who take the time to educate us.