The problem is that the West isn't ready to fight Russia in a land war where Russia has clear fighting force numbers and ammunition advantages. Ukraine and the West can't keep up with the supply of basic munitions, and Ukraine is running out of people to fight. When the war began, millions of Ukranians fled the country. Add the dead from the war, and you have about 30,000,000 people left. That's less than Poland and pales to Russia's 145m. So we've sentenced Ukraine to death by encouraging Ukraine to fight this war. A few Leopard tanks that Ukraine doesn't know how to use have no chance at changing the battlefield map, and their pilots don't know how to fly F-15s.
The quiet secret in Washington DC is that Ukraine will lose the war, but the easiest thing to do is to keep encouraging Ukraine to fight so our US leaders don't lose face. Thank you, Victoria Nuland and Anthony Blinken.
The war already lacks public support in Germany, Italy, and France--and, by the way, the UK isn't making good on its meager commitments while it talks a big game.
You should be interested in this human catastrophe that is taking place and seek to end it. Unfortunately, because Putin has all the leverage and we lied to Putin about the Minsk Accords, he may not even talk to us.
At some point, it will be up to Joe to fold or send US troops. Zelensky is just a US puppet and fundraiser. He has no say.
Biden offered Zelensky protection to flee the country. Zelensky decided to do his duty instead. Now we support them, and China is watching.
Russia might still win, but the cost will be great, and may prevent other aggression. Might not, but Russia will be weakened either way.
He screwed up huge. Now is not the time to bail him out.
Negotiation can be done, peace can be achieved. Its a matter we U.S. want to negotiate or not. That's why the whole DC hate him and they fear him. He told truth: We are in control of this negotiation situation.
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environmental disaster, that it must end, and that the US will never support NATO membership for Ukraine and will never station troops on its soil. I would remove the HIMARS that bother Russia so much.
I would also say that if Russia continues its "special military operation" into Ukraine then the US reserves all rights to get involved and end it with our superior firepower from the air and sea.
In sum, I would make it Putin's call to keep going or not, knowing we may destroy him. I doubt he would risk it especially since he would be keeping Donbas and Crimea, and would receive assurances that Ukraine would not become a Western military outpost.
We had no business getting involved in Ukraine's election and trying to turn that corrupt country towards the West, nor should we have lied about the Minsk accords. it's time to end our meddling in Ukraine so it can salvage on its own whatever it has left. Ukraine is not Taiwan.
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It just seems like less of a risk for the US to arm Ukrainians to fight their own war, than to commit to the US military directly attacking the Russian military.
keep fighting a battle of attrition that will eventually wreck Ukraine. I'm out on that.
Even if Ukraine was to miraculously turn the tide on the battlefield and completely defeat Russia, thereby humiliating Putin, would you expect Putin to not escalate matters? I don't.
Lots of bad choices. Pick the least bad one.
We can choose to provide weapons and humanitarian support or not.
Biden encouraged Ukraine to surrender right away. It is their call, though.
We don’t kowtow to Russian scum, dumb ass. Luckily your tired ass isn’t in charge of foreign policy.
Putin has Potemkin military that is being decimated on the battlefield.
Most of Ukraine is intact and the part that is ruble is in the far east, which was already controlled by Putin.
As long as Ukraine has access to the sea it is viable economically.
Russia's debacle in Afghanisrtan was nothing compared to the losses in Ukraine.
Europe no longer needs Putin's energy.
Russia is a pariah nation in every way.
Putin's Russia is becoming a European North Korea.
this and bleed the underpopulated and underarmed Ukraine to death. He doesn't need to gain land. He just needs to destroy Ukraine and get it to say no foreign troops will ever be stationed on its soil.
Ukraine's.
And Ukrainians are fighting for their lives... while Russians are dying for a mad man's grandiose fantasy of czardom.
Link: https://www.wsj.com/articles/falling-oil-revenues-and-soaring-war-costs-squeeze-russias-finances-ac514c9c
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If you think you can rally the Euros you are delusional. No evidence exists of that.
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Link: https://www.wsj.com/articles/falling-oil-revenues-and-soaring-war-costs-squeeze-russias-finances-ac514c9c
Also, the original convoy ran out of gas and then food, Russians walked back to Belarus. Maybe they aren't as sophisticated as they're made out to be.
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