Just like our loss in Vietnam changed how the US was perceived, the failure to support Ukraine is already an accomplished fact. So even if aid is passed. weaker nations will know not to believe US promises.

We in the US often think of governments that don't function and imagine that we do it better. And if the matter is controlled by govt agencies, then we do do it better. Thus our defense department, post office, Park Service all deliver the goods. But our policy arm - Congress - is an utter failure. A parody of democracy dominated by legislators who are performance artists rather than the successors of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster.