> You just give them the fucking food, education, and healthcare. Look at the current US military budget and tell me that's impossible.

It’s impossible.

Here is some analysis:

https://hwfo.substack.com/p/peace-in-ukraine-and-universal-h...

This almost entirely ignores the phenomenon of insurance companies inflating healthcare costs and making incredibly large profits. Health insurance industry profits ($31bn in 2020) are almost equivalent to what your link says the entire military expenditure for the European theater is ($35bn in 2018).

Not to mention the bureaucratic, political, and productivity costs plus the costs to employers and what individuals pay out of pocket.