# US Aid to Ukraine **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** ukraine-invasion\ **Created:** [October 2, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-aid-to-ukraine/972624 "2022-10-02T22:36:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 173
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-aid-to-ukraine/972624/173 "2022-10-07T16:33:23Z")
I’m pretty sure he’s saying that the US is involved and that he’s American: > [@Restaurants at 100% capacity--but must maintain social distancing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-at-100-capacity-but-must-maintain-social-distancing/938036/6): > > Larger restaurants may have more leeway with regard to additional seating, or placing barriers. Maybe also very small takeout places as mentioned above. Small restaurants, such as where I work, have already figured out how to seat as many people as possible while respecting the 6’ guideline. I can only speak for my own place but the social distancing rules are what prevent additional seating. The US is not an active combatant but we’re supplying training, intelligence, armament, and probably food and other supplies. We probably have intelligence agents in the field and some advisors (though, that’s supposition not fact). I don’t think we have anything to gain by helping Ukraine or otherwise really care about the country beyond that it’s been attacked. The supposed strategic position of it for NATO seems overstated given the existence of ICBMs, submarines, that NATO has other nations on the border with Russia already, and that - in general - our goal has been to **not** have to get into a war with anyone and for everyone to give up on 1800s style colonialism and just be happy in their own frickin borders. So to the extent that we are involved, I don’t see any reason to think it’s nefarious but we are certainly involved. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-aid-to-ukraine/972624)._