Ukraine is not buying things, it's taking donations. There's a big difference.
The US taxpayer is rightly wondering why they're funding an unwinnable war in a foreign land. Western powers were wrong to encourage Ukraine to fight Russia instead of agreeing to ceasefire terms. It will happen anyway, and the terms will be less favorable to the Ukraine, and tens of thousands will have died on both sides without need.
The winner of a war of attrition like this one will always be the side willing to sacrifice more. And while I think Ukraine's resolve is greater than Russia's, they can't do it without help from the West, and the US has a short attention span and no staying power. Russia is just waiting them out. Will Europe pick up the slack? I have my doubts.
edit: you guys can downvote me, but that doesn't change the reality on the ground. Time will tell
> Western powers were wrong to encourage Ukraine to fight Russia instead of agreeing to ceasefire terms.
This is not what happened. The US, in fact, tried to get Zelensky to flee and told them that they were going to lose and didn't really offer any aid until _after_ Ukraine fought Russia to a standstill. There have never been any ceasefire terms from Russia. Which has, FWIW been fighting in Ukraine since 2014.
That was early on. Later on, when there was a potential ceasefire deal on the table, the West, especially Boris Johnson, advised Ukraine not to accept it. Look it up.
> Russia was ready to end the war and withdraw its troops in exchange for Ukrainian neutrality just a few months after the invasion began and was refused partly because of ex-British PM Boris Johnson, who pressured Kyiv into continuing the fight, David Arahamiya, the leader of Ukraine’s ruling party confirmed in a recent interview, published on Friday, November 24th.
> The US taxpayer is rightly wondering why they're funding an unwinnable war in a foreign land.
The US taxpayer is notoriously bad at coming to rational conclusions about a lot of things I don't see why on this one they suddenly should be operating from a different set of principles that guide them towards seeing the future a little bit more clear. The last time that tactic was tried it ended up with a couple of million people dead and the first use of atomics against civilians, you have to wonder if there is a better way to solve these problems than to ignore them until you no longer can because you're suddenly on the defensive.
The US taxpayer is rightly wondering why they're funding an unwinnable war in a foreign land. Western powers were wrong to encourage Ukraine to fight Russia instead of agreeing to ceasefire terms. It will happen anyway, and the terms will be less favorable to the Ukraine, and tens of thousands will have died on both sides without need.
The winner of a war of attrition like this one will always be the side willing to sacrifice more. And while I think Ukraine's resolve is greater than Russia's, they can't do it without help from the West, and the US has a short attention span and no staying power. Russia is just waiting them out. Will Europe pick up the slack? I have my doubts.
edit: you guys can downvote me, but that doesn't change the reality on the ground. Time will tell
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