Of course, Western militaries will never be protecting Ukrainian skies from drones and missiles as they do with Israel. Because that is Iran, and this is Russia, and this world is neither fair nor supposed to univocally stand for the good and combat the evil. Of course, London, Paris, Warsaw, or Washington D.C. will never be willing to be directly involved in repelling Russian aggression in Ukraine - because it's not Quaddafi, not al-Assad, or ISIS affiliates in Africa, or the Taliban. That's why we have always been saying that providing the Ukrainian military with all necessary aid is a win-win strategy - we get to save our country from extermination, you get to deter and curtail the world's biggest war at the moment with not a single European or American serviceperson involved in hostilities. Moreover, helping Ukraine defeat the Kremlin's killing spree was applicably reducing the likelihood of the West's unwanted direct military intervention - which is just what Western leaders and Western public opinion quite expectedly want. But you know, surprisingly enough, two years of escalation management, trying to 'save Putin's face,' procrastination, and petty politics gave Putin 2 years to recover and prepare for a large-scale, prolonged war of territorial grabs he has zero reasons to stop. Moreover, given what's happening now to the West in general, the Kremlin is now as confident and encouraged to do whatever the hell it wants ® to Ukraine and beyond. Putin is more than happy to have this war by his rules, under which Russia is fully entitled to any sort of atrocities and massive war crimes against Ukraine, and Ukraine must somehow watch out for Russia's precious oil production - otherwise, Russians will throw a nuclear escalation tantrum into Jake Sullivan's phone. He is more than happy to see the West restricting itself to absurdity in the light of the biggest European war of aggression since Adolf Hitler. Why not take more, and more, and more, and more, if the West seems to be ready to give up everything at any price? I honestly don't know how myopic one needs to be to fail to see that these two years of half-measures and appeasement only made things worse and only made a direct NATO-Russia clash more probable. See, Vladimir Putin doesn't care how good-intended, pro-peace, and anti-war you are. He sees weakness, he sees an invitation for more aggression, he sees an easy way to get 'yet another grand geopolitical victory' with no consequences. The only realistic way to stop him in Ukraine is to provide Ukraine with arms to overwhelm this increasingly hungry monster and bring peace back to us all. And don't get me started on how Ukraine should 'stand on its own' and 'stop begging for aid' - I'd love to see a list of nations that would be able to wage a years-long, full-scale, high-intensity war against an adversary as gargantuan as Russia and with no allies or backers. This war can still end with the free world's victory in Ukraine and without Putin's bloodlust spilling out into the Baltic nations, Moldova, Scandinavia, Poland etc. There's still time and a chance, even though a lot has been stupidly lost. Support my work: buymeacoffee.com/saintanger PayPal: [email protected]
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@IAPonomarenko I would like to see Georgia open up a second front, with so many resources allocated, they should be able to make major gains in getting their territory back. Russia would have to choose.
@IAPonomarenko No, because they realize that escalation could mean nuclear war and they will only go so far to stand up for corrupt Ukraine.
@IAPonomarenko The war stops when Zelensky is gone. It’s not a rocket science
@IAPonomarenko Very well said/stated However I would include Wagner involvement in Africa, Asia, Latin America so inaction in Ukraine affects the US directly. The GOP thinks the wall (false sense of security), will stop that influence without realizing that’s a tiny % of the Putin takeover.
@IAPonomarenko When it's an obviously inferior opponent the leaders of The West flex their muscles & boast afterwards. Anything else they are all cowards who run & hide in closets. It is what it is. We need a leader to help Ukraine as a true ally by commiting their country. Others will follow.
@IAPonomarenko The entitlement for American tax payer money is hilarious
@IAPonomarenko Begging for money at the end was a brilliant touch.
@IAPonomarenko As an Israeli I was wondering the same thing and could not find the answer. I hope the west does as much for Ukraine as it does for Israel, and I hope that Israel itself will finally provide the needed technology to help Ukraine defend itself.
"I honestly don't know how myopic one needs to be to fail to see that these two years of half-measures and appeasement only made things worse and only made a direct NATO-Russia clash more probable." This is presumably being juxtaposed with what would have happened if the US and Europe just abandoned Ukraine altogether ... In which case there's a logic fault, as in that scenario where 'the West' not only takes no 'half-measures' but outright walks away, Ukraine would no longer exist