Yeah. The war isn't about how far Ukraine will go. It's about how far the US and Russia will go. And quite simply, Russia cares more than the US ever could.
The US should negotiate a peace, if we cared at all about Ukraine.
It really bends my brain, some of the ludicrous positions you take.
Like, I could get it if you just wanted us out, not involved, thought it wasn't our business. I could
understand that position and have
some respect for it, even if I think it isn't
correct.
But the idea that it's
just the US vs Russia with the Ukraine as the battleground, that isn't just 'incorrect,' it's
stupid.
There's this thing called 'the rest of Europe.'
And the rest of Europe has been sending a considerable amount of support to Ukraine basically since the start, and at this point its escalated to include 'building a factory in Ukraine to produce more war material.'
Without the US helping, aid would certainly decline quite a bit, but the longer the war has gone on, the more clear it has become to the Ukrainians just what the Russians would do to them if they surrendered.
At this point, if the US
and Europe withdrew aid (but still let the Ukrainians buy weapons from them), I would fully expect the war to grind on for
years, with no clear or conclusive outcome in sight. There might still be poor mobiks dying in the trenches a decade from now.
With at least moderate support from Europe, Russia functionally cannot win the war. The Ukrainians have a hell of a lot more willingness to fight than the average Russian conscript, and so long as they at least have rifle ammunition, small-scale drones, and MANPADS, Russia isn't going to be able to break them militarily.
If the US keep supporting them as well, it is practically a matter of time, because Russia will lose via economic attrition.
But Realpolitik, we don't. All the US wants to do is kill as many Russians as possible using Ukrainian lives. We don't care who wins, as long as Russia can only win Pyrrhically.
Also, this bit?
This is straight-up stepping into leftist 'I'm telepathic and I know your thoughts and motivations better than you do' BS territory.
If you want anyone to take you seriously or have any respect for you, drop nonsense like this completely.