The diplomat commented on Telegram the words of US president Joe Biden, who described aid to Ukraine as a “wise investment that will benefit US security” for generations.

“They used to call it fighting for freedom and democracy. Now it turns out that it is just a calculation. That is what it has always been, except that they have deceived the world, covering themselves with values that do not exist for Washington,” Zakharova said.

The spokeswoman added that the United States has traditionally presented wars as a “reasonable investment,” since they did not take place on their territory and they did not care about the costs for others. “Nothing personal, just business,” she stressed.

“As for dividends, the American magistrate Oliver Wendell Holmes said a century ago that “A man’s learning dies with him, just as his virtues fade out of remembrance, but the dividends on the stocks he leaves to his children live and keep his memory green.”. Apparently, everything is dead and gone for those who judge the dividends of blood in this way,” she said.

Biden spoke in favor of continuing to aid Israel and Ukraine in a televised address to Americans. According to the president, ending the support would jeopardize the security of the United States and its status as a partner that other countries want to work with. For this reason, the American leader plans to send “an emergency budget request to Congress to fund the national security needs of the United States and support key partners, including Israel and Ukraine.”

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