Wow, they’re not skirting the law or allowing chaos to ferment on the streets. They specifically and VERY decisively have waived the law in this case for the sheer fact that it’s not a case in which the spirit of the law exists to begin with. They’re not looking the other way, they (we) all feel their is a moral obligation to help.

That’s what’s so fucking silly and convoluted about all of this - if Russia were being attacked by some random country unprovoked, WE WOULD HELP RUSSIA. There would be aid gushing in much the same way it is today for Ukraine.

Before the soviets and Stalin were shown to be liars, we had the lend lease act with them that sent over 11 billion worth of aid.

400,000 jeeps & trucks 14,000 airplanes 8,000 tractors 13,000 tanks 1.5 million blankets 15 million pairs of army boots 107,000 tons of cotton 2.7 million tons of petrol products 4.5 million tons of food