This wasn’t a proxy war—Biden gently urged Zelensky to cut a deal with Putin but in the end it is Zelensky’s call to do what is best for his country. As Americans we believe there are causes worth dying for and we must respect other countries defending their sovereignty. America finally was on the right side of history unlike in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Remember when you would upvote my comments on Taibbi’s Substack in March of 2022?? And then Taibbi went full Glenn Greenwald and got Substack to delete my account and all of my comments??
No. Biden told Zelensky unequivocally that Putin was invading…if Biden wanted to trick Zelensky into not cutting a deal with Putin he would have told Zelensky that Putin is bluffing and there is no reason to cut a deal. Zelensky has said multiple times that he would never cut a deal with Putin because he doesn’t trust him. And we know from the first Trump impeachment that Zelensky was gung ho about the lethal aid and Trump was president!!
Yup, Biden told Zelensky that Russia was invading and US intelligence agencies were practically giving play-by-play updates, and yet Biden still refused to table the NATO status question. Because of our obstinacy and reckless flirtation in dangling this carrot to Ukraine, we crossed a red line for Russia without even committing to Ukraine’s defense. The promise of future NATO membership comes with no security guarantees.
It's a proxy war. It may not have immediately started that way, but it quickly became one. If you honestly cannot see that, you are being willfully blind.
It is in our interest to degrade Russia’s military capacity just as it was in France’s interest to degrade Great Britain’s military capacity in 1776. Do you think our war for independence was a proxy war because France funded us and sent us military leaders like Lafayette??
"It is in our interest to degrade Russia’s military capacity." You literally just acknowledged that it's a proxy war. We're prolonging a conflict that has absolutely crippled Ukraine.
Victory isn't even the point. The point is maximum destruction. Even if Ukraine is forced in defeat to negotiate with Russia and concede territory for peace, as well as accept status as a neutral nation, Washington will have achieved its primary goal of weakening Russia’s military capacity and isolating Putin from Europe. The arming of Ukraine is not missionary work. It has nothing to do with liberty or freedom. It is about weakening Russia. Take Russia out of the equation and there would be little tangible support for Ukraine.
Why do you think they funded us, if it was not a proxy war, as we understand that term today? One can practically hear King Louis XV: we have to fight them over there so we don't have to fight them over here.
Putin moved troops close to the Ukraine border after Ukraine moved massive troops close to the Donbas which they had been bombing for 8 years. Ukraine did start bombing again and that’s when Russia finally crossed the border and to protect the Donbas areas that had been accepted into Russia.
And the reason the Donbas areas were targeted was because they didn’t accept the illegal government after Obama’s brutal coup in 2014. Im always amazed at how ignorant pro Ukraine folks are about what led up to the war. Especially Americans who don’t give a damn how ruthless their country is. Maybe read some history before spouting this nonsense and looking as ignorant as you do.
Don’t care, we’ve spent trillions preparing for a war with Russia and now they are at war…so now we are spending a few billion more to degrade their military. Putin is a dumbass just like George W Bush!
Guess you will be surprised when Ukraine sues for peace. Russia is stronger now than before the war started. Degrading their military. Good lord dude. What country just ran out of weapons to send to Ukraine while Russia has an abundance of them. And actually it’s Biden who is the dumbass like Bush. Did you even bother to check to see what I wrote was true? Or will you keep believing the propaganda you’re reading and keep supporting Nazis? I’m not going to argue with someone as misinformed as you are.
I was initially skeptical of the war because I don’t trust clowns like Lindsey Graham and Ron Johnson who were the leaders of sending lethal aid to Ukraine.
They were ready to sign an agreement, and Boris Johnson was sent to stop the signing. Biden never had any intention of making peace. Now? Kill just a few more, then, what??
No, Orange Z was Bush, Obama NGOs creation. The deal to Gorky via Baker and our ambassador, don't recall his name, was no Nato encroachment. Soviet trash fell, idiot Yeltsin gave IMF and Bilderberg cartels everything, including tons of gold, (see Harvard CFR ass, Summers on this) Nato all over now. Plus oil cartels all over the Islam-pagan ex Soviets to south.
London City is the real shot caller in this mess. Tell Z to move there.
America created the war in the first place when the CIA overthrew the legitimately elected pro-Russian government in the Madian and then installed the government we wanted. The US has no business meddling in Eastern European affairs.
About time someone called out the charade that is the Biden administration's desperate scramble for a Ukrainian "mission accomplished". A complete farce of a proxy war, masked by hollow rhetoric. Keep shedding light on these absurdities!
Remember when you voted for Bush because slaughtering innocent Muslims brought you joy??? We had no vital interest in waging war against the Taliban and Trump wisely surrendered to them! Go masturbate to your video of Lizard Cheney impeaching Trump!
Why do extremist Progressives always hurl childish sexual insults in the context of political discussion? One might suppose they have but a pitifully weak argument, and therefore seek to prevail by grossing out their interlocutors.
Russia learned DC isn't worthy of trust when Western "leaders" acknowledged that they'd used the Minsk Agreements to defraud Russia. I for one doubt Russia is negotiating with DC. They know they must take out DC's puppets in Kiev (murderous authoritarians installed via the 2014 coup) to truly solve the problem.
I agree. And when the US and NATO tacitly admit defeat by suggesting peace negotiations, why would Putin be interested in saying “Sure!” instead of pressing his advantage as far as he can? The WEF, Neocons, etc. have left no graceful exits for anyone involved. All ways out at this point will be catastrauphic in one way or another. Their planning didn’t include the possibility of defeat. Typical of the arrogant, ideologically-driven boobs who always rise to the top.
The problem with one's virtual reality is when it collides with real reality. Russia protected their own in the Donbass, controls the most productive land in Ukraine, killed 300K Ukrainian soldiers give or take, destroyed any/all vaunted equipment the West peddled, is enlarging, rebuilding and modernizing its armed forces, and grew its economy. That's quite the bitter loss for Bad Vlad.
I'll talk about one of the four bullet points: The unprecedented recruiting crisis for the Pentagram. Oops...I meant, Pentagon.
Based upon their idea of trying to introduce all kinds of libtard projects like the famous Diversity, Equity and Inclusion training ideas (more appropriately known as Dumbassery and Extreme Idiocy programs), did they really expect a different result? Those who are most willing to fight to defend their country don't want to have their leadership spitting in their collective faces every step of the way. Didn't those mornos learn anything from Vietnam?
It's not that the nation is anti-alphabet soup; it's that promoting those ideas above military readiness is the biggest act of dumbassery I have ever witnessed. Our brave young men and women don't sign up to be part of a fighting force that isn't hell-bent upon using the military for legitimate military goals.
Maybe I might change my description of DEI. It might mean Dumbshit Enablement Initiative.
We've basically disarmed Europe to the point where China can gobble up Taiwan like they did Hong Kong. Remember how our strategy was to bleed Russia dry? LOL
The plan at Vilnius was to kick Ukraine to the curb and solidify NATO's interest in doubling down. The war will end soon enough, but it will be a bloody, nuclear event. Putin still sees NATO as an existential threat, and NATO will not concede anything. Since conventional ammo is about gone, nukes are the only remaining option.
Nobody wanted this war except Biden, EU, NATO - ie. collective west. This war has shown the world - Biden regime/Neocons, EU, and NATO, for what they really are - greedy, pilfering crime lords. Sanctions killed industrial Europe, killed their affordable energy sources, and weakened the overall infrastructure of Europe. In contrast, Russia has lowered their inflation significantly, has healthy industry, and has escaped the blackmail of the American dollar.
We are not(!) energy dominant. We should/could be, but Biden has killed that superiority. The oil nations of the Middle East are in full control. Russia is selling gas to our allies through an intermediary. Biden has all but emptied our gas reserves. He went to Venezuela BEGGING for gas, for gawd sakes!!
Putin will not tolerate further aggression on his borders. Agreements, multiples, we're made that there would be no NATO on Russia's borders. Ukraine knows this, agreed to it. Germany and France agreed to enforce the Minsk Agreements. They lied. The US has been weaponizing Ukraine for years, antagonizing Russia, and since 2014, the US has been funding a proxy war with some crazy idea they can get Putin removed. Pray that doesn't happen. It's certainly not happening any time soon.
Putin is the only one that wanted this war. We are energy dominant because we are producing record amounts of oil and natural gas and exporting record amounts of LNG.
With China’s barely fettered aggression since Biden took office, it is impossible to fathom why our Commander and Chief would preemptively (and ill-advisedly) exhaust our:
1. Petroleum reserves;
2. Munitions and other wartime technologies; and
3. Troop reserves (particularly when they will serve no purpose including diplomatic, as 3,000 troops in an armed conflict of this scope and magnitude are less than nothing).
By the President’s own logic, at least that which he proffered during our calamitous withdrawal from Afghanistan, we should not get involved in forever wars and this piecemealing of resources with no clear strategy is certainly a recipe for that outcome.
To characterize this as anything other than an ill-considered and feeble political ploy is insanity but, given the disgraceful rhetoric around the economy and Biden’s policies relative to it, insanity is definitely the order of the day.
Great article, Jordan, and serves as a tidy, concise, thoughtful, and astute summation of the most probable causes and effects baked into with our dementia-addled President’s flawed calculus as it pertains to Ukraine. This is, without any question, the most corrupt, inept, and damaging presidency in our history. They weaken us even as they embolden our enemies, and we will be years (if not decades) recovering.
Oh wow if only somebody had seen this coming we could have saved ourselves all the time and treasure and trouble, but unfortunately this outcome was unforeseen by all.
I said Russia lost months ago…their military is degraded and their days of asinine invasions are over—Putin lost!! The territory they are fighting over is worthless but Zelensky correctly believes cutting deals with Putin will just lead to him installing a puppet government in Kiev and so they had to fight over worthless territory.
Do not project your bullshit BINARY political views onto me. I can't stand Trump and can add several more names to his insane medical directives and political appointments--Pudgey Pompeo, John *War-Pig* Bolton, Lil' Mikey Pence, Fascist Fauci, Dr. Scarf-Lady, and pretty much all of his cabinet. That said, that *bunch* are pikers compared to the pedos, drug addicts, grifters, liars, thieves, and groomers who occupy the Dem party and White House today.......are you sick of perverts????
Never entering Afganistan (and Iraq2, Libya, Syria, Iraq1, Guatemala, Honduras, Bolivia, Viet Nam, etc., etc., etc.......) in the first place was the right thing to do.
Your attempts at sarcasm are as pathetic as they are juvenile.
Russia’s military is degraded from our perspective because they can’t mount an offensive action against NATO for the foreseeable future. Remember we spend $800 billion a year on defense and it’s not to stop rocks being thrown by the Taliban—it’s to stop Russia and China from aggression.
They are definitely not going to end this war and any apparent peace-posturing is purely for optics. South Korea will make shells, just enough to keep dragging it out though (I don't think a decisive Ukraine victory is expected or needed, though it's a possibility). Similarly, there are plenty of adrenaline -junkie mercs to sprinkle on the conflict to keep it simmering for years. The political ramifications will be negligible since both party establishments are on board.
And in the end, this will serve as another example of how proxy wars devour the countries they purport to defend.
Mission Accomplished = billions of dollars laundered and millions of peoples lives ruined
Plus, the liberals ultimate dream-white christian males killing each other.
Not "liberals" - Progressives.
And hundreds of thousands of them ended.
A reckoning approaches.
Just a few thousand more unexploded cluster bombs littering the Ukrainian countryside will surely turn the tide!
Amen. This also applies to all aggressors. Sooner or later they collapse from exhaustion of resources and will.
This wasn’t a proxy war—Biden gently urged Zelensky to cut a deal with Putin but in the end it is Zelensky’s call to do what is best for his country. As Americans we believe there are causes worth dying for and we must respect other countries defending their sovereignty. America finally was on the right side of history unlike in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Strongly disagree. And it's well known that there was an April 2022 deal between Ukraine-Russia that was blocked by the U.S.
https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-blames-us-allies-for-blocking-early-ukraine-peace-talks-2023-1
Don't feed the troll.
Remember when you would upvote my comments on Taibbi’s Substack in March of 2022?? And then Taibbi went full Glenn Greenwald and got Substack to delete my account and all of my comments??
No. Biden told Zelensky unequivocally that Putin was invading…if Biden wanted to trick Zelensky into not cutting a deal with Putin he would have told Zelensky that Putin is bluffing and there is no reason to cut a deal. Zelensky has said multiple times that he would never cut a deal with Putin because he doesn’t trust him. And we know from the first Trump impeachment that Zelensky was gung ho about the lethal aid and Trump was president!!
Yup, Biden told Zelensky that Russia was invading and US intelligence agencies were practically giving play-by-play updates, and yet Biden still refused to table the NATO status question. Because of our obstinacy and reckless flirtation in dangling this carrot to Ukraine, we crossed a red line for Russia without even committing to Ukraine’s defense. The promise of future NATO membership comes with no security guarantees.
It's a proxy war. It may not have immediately started that way, but it quickly became one. If you honestly cannot see that, you are being willfully blind.
It is in our interest to degrade Russia’s military capacity just as it was in France’s interest to degrade Great Britain’s military capacity in 1776. Do you think our war for independence was a proxy war because France funded us and sent us military leaders like Lafayette??
"It is in our interest to degrade Russia’s military capacity." You literally just acknowledged that it's a proxy war. We're prolonging a conflict that has absolutely crippled Ukraine.
Victory isn't even the point. The point is maximum destruction. Even if Ukraine is forced in defeat to negotiate with Russia and concede territory for peace, as well as accept status as a neutral nation, Washington will have achieved its primary goal of weakening Russia’s military capacity and isolating Putin from Europe. The arming of Ukraine is not missionary work. It has nothing to do with liberty or freedom. It is about weakening Russia. Take Russia out of the equation and there would be little tangible support for Ukraine.
Why do you think they funded us, if it was not a proxy war, as we understand that term today? One can practically hear King Louis XV: we have to fight them over there so we don't have to fight them over here.
How is it in the interest of the US taxpayer to degrade the Russian military?
Putin moved troops close to the Ukraine border after Ukraine moved massive troops close to the Donbas which they had been bombing for 8 years. Ukraine did start bombing again and that’s when Russia finally crossed the border and to protect the Donbas areas that had been accepted into Russia.
And the reason the Donbas areas were targeted was because they didn’t accept the illegal government after Obama’s brutal coup in 2014. Im always amazed at how ignorant pro Ukraine folks are about what led up to the war. Especially Americans who don’t give a damn how ruthless their country is. Maybe read some history before spouting this nonsense and looking as ignorant as you do.
Don’t care, we’ve spent trillions preparing for a war with Russia and now they are at war…so now we are spending a few billion more to degrade their military. Putin is a dumbass just like George W Bush!
Guess you will be surprised when Ukraine sues for peace. Russia is stronger now than before the war started. Degrading their military. Good lord dude. What country just ran out of weapons to send to Ukraine while Russia has an abundance of them. And actually it’s Biden who is the dumbass like Bush. Did you even bother to check to see what I wrote was true? Or will you keep believing the propaganda you’re reading and keep supporting Nazis? I’m not going to argue with someone as misinformed as you are.
Lmao if you’re so brainwashed how did you even find your way here?
It's a paid troll.
I was initially skeptical of the war because I don’t trust clowns like Lindsey Graham and Ron Johnson who were the leaders of sending lethal aid to Ukraine.
Do not place Miss Lindsey G and Ron Johnson in the same sentence. Slurs by association don't work here.
Ron Johnson is a shill for the Military Industrial Complex…his biggest donor is Oshkosh Defense.
Absolute bullshit, go away
What?!! 🤣 get back to threads 😜
They were ready to sign an agreement, and Boris Johnson was sent to stop the signing. Biden never had any intention of making peace. Now? Kill just a few more, then, what??
Lol, no. Nobody wanted this war but Putin. Putin’s asinine invasion has strengthened NATO and now we are energy dominant and Putin is Xi’s bitch.
RUSHUN MAN BAAAAAAD
No, Orange Z was Bush, Obama NGOs creation. The deal to Gorky via Baker and our ambassador, don't recall his name, was no Nato encroachment. Soviet trash fell, idiot Yeltsin gave IMF and Bilderberg cartels everything, including tons of gold, (see Harvard CFR ass, Summers on this) Nato all over now. Plus oil cartels all over the Islam-pagan ex Soviets to south.
London City is the real shot caller in this mess. Tell Z to move there.
America created the war in the first place when the CIA overthrew the legitimately elected pro-Russian government in the Madian and then installed the government we wanted. The US has no business meddling in Eastern European affairs.
Sounds like you’ve bee drinking the KoolAid.
Zelensky is a puppet.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/03/05/macgregor_zelensky_is_no_hero_hes_a_puppet_that_is_putting_his_own_population_at_unnecessary_risk.html#!
MacGregor is a nut.
Found the shill
Derrrrrrp!!
About time someone called out the charade that is the Biden administration's desperate scramble for a Ukrainian "mission accomplished". A complete farce of a proxy war, masked by hollow rhetoric. Keep shedding light on these absurdities!
Ukraine war is one big money laundering machine for the WEF “elite” controlled Uniparty.
They don’t care about all the innocent Ukrainians dying.
They only care about their own power & wealth.
War should be the last resort!
"Mission Accomplished", just like in Afghanistan.
Remember when you voted for Bush because slaughtering innocent Muslims brought you joy??? We had no vital interest in waging war against the Taliban and Trump wisely surrendered to them! Go masturbate to your video of Lizard Cheney impeaching Trump!
Why do extremist Progressives always hurl childish sexual insults in the context of political discussion? One might suppose they have but a pitifully weak argument, and therefore seek to prevail by grossing out their interlocutors.
I’m a Trump Republican…you are a Cheney Republican. Once again, go masturbate to your video of Lizard Cheney impeaching Trump!!
Russia learned DC isn't worthy of trust when Western "leaders" acknowledged that they'd used the Minsk Agreements to defraud Russia. I for one doubt Russia is negotiating with DC. They know they must take out DC's puppets in Kiev (murderous authoritarians installed via the 2014 coup) to truly solve the problem.
I agree. And when the US and NATO tacitly admit defeat by suggesting peace negotiations, why would Putin be interested in saying “Sure!” instead of pressing his advantage as far as he can? The WEF, Neocons, etc. have left no graceful exits for anyone involved. All ways out at this point will be catastrauphic in one way or another. Their planning didn’t include the possibility of defeat. Typical of the arrogant, ideologically-driven boobs who always rise to the top.
The problem with one's virtual reality is when it collides with real reality. Russia protected their own in the Donbass, controls the most productive land in Ukraine, killed 300K Ukrainian soldiers give or take, destroyed any/all vaunted equipment the West peddled, is enlarging, rebuilding and modernizing its armed forces, and grew its economy. That's quite the bitter loss for Bad Vlad.
I'll talk about one of the four bullet points: The unprecedented recruiting crisis for the Pentagram. Oops...I meant, Pentagon.
Based upon their idea of trying to introduce all kinds of libtard projects like the famous Diversity, Equity and Inclusion training ideas (more appropriately known as Dumbassery and Extreme Idiocy programs), did they really expect a different result? Those who are most willing to fight to defend their country don't want to have their leadership spitting in their collective faces every step of the way. Didn't those mornos learn anything from Vietnam?
It's not that the nation is anti-alphabet soup; it's that promoting those ideas above military readiness is the biggest act of dumbassery I have ever witnessed. Our brave young men and women don't sign up to be part of a fighting force that isn't hell-bent upon using the military for legitimate military goals.
Maybe I might change my description of DEI. It might mean Dumbshit Enablement Initiative.
Ukraine had demonstrated at Minsk and Minsk-2 that it will not abide by any agreement.
Jordan, you appear over the target. I suspect Putin's had enough, pulled the mercs out, gave Pedo one option.
Let Biden take the L.
The last thing that the world needs is for him to be goaded into doubling down.
We've basically disarmed Europe to the point where China can gobble up Taiwan like they did Hong Kong. Remember how our strategy was to bleed Russia dry? LOL
We did that…Putin lost! Biden won! Trump lost! Tucker Carlson lost! You lost!! America is stronger today than at any point since Clinton!!
The plan at Vilnius was to kick Ukraine to the curb and solidify NATO's interest in doubling down. The war will end soon enough, but it will be a bloody, nuclear event. Putin still sees NATO as an existential threat, and NATO will not concede anything. Since conventional ammo is about gone, nukes are the only remaining option.
Nobody wanted this war except Biden, EU, NATO - ie. collective west. This war has shown the world - Biden regime/Neocons, EU, and NATO, for what they really are - greedy, pilfering crime lords. Sanctions killed industrial Europe, killed their affordable energy sources, and weakened the overall infrastructure of Europe. In contrast, Russia has lowered their inflation significantly, has healthy industry, and has escaped the blackmail of the American dollar.
We are not(!) energy dominant. We should/could be, but Biden has killed that superiority. The oil nations of the Middle East are in full control. Russia is selling gas to our allies through an intermediary. Biden has all but emptied our gas reserves. He went to Venezuela BEGGING for gas, for gawd sakes!!
Putin will not tolerate further aggression on his borders. Agreements, multiples, we're made that there would be no NATO on Russia's borders. Ukraine knows this, agreed to it. Germany and France agreed to enforce the Minsk Agreements. They lied. The US has been weaponizing Ukraine for years, antagonizing Russia, and since 2014, the US has been funding a proxy war with some crazy idea they can get Putin removed. Pray that doesn't happen. It's certainly not happening any time soon.
Putin is the only one that wanted this war. We are energy dominant because we are producing record amounts of oil and natural gas and exporting record amounts of LNG.
With China’s barely fettered aggression since Biden took office, it is impossible to fathom why our Commander and Chief would preemptively (and ill-advisedly) exhaust our:
1. Petroleum reserves;
2. Munitions and other wartime technologies; and
3. Troop reserves (particularly when they will serve no purpose including diplomatic, as 3,000 troops in an armed conflict of this scope and magnitude are less than nothing).
By the President’s own logic, at least that which he proffered during our calamitous withdrawal from Afghanistan, we should not get involved in forever wars and this piecemealing of resources with no clear strategy is certainly a recipe for that outcome.
To characterize this as anything other than an ill-considered and feeble political ploy is insanity but, given the disgraceful rhetoric around the economy and Biden’s policies relative to it, insanity is definitely the order of the day.
Great article, Jordan, and serves as a tidy, concise, thoughtful, and astute summation of the most probable causes and effects baked into with our dementia-addled President’s flawed calculus as it pertains to Ukraine. This is, without any question, the most corrupt, inept, and damaging presidency in our history. They weaken us even as they embolden our enemies, and we will be years (if not decades) recovering.
The simplest explanation is that Usurper Biden is a fully owned asset of the People's Republic of China.
Fracking makes the SPR obsolete…Biden did the right thing using it strategically to defeat Putin.
Oh wow if only somebody had seen this coming we could have saved ourselves all the time and treasure and trouble, but unfortunately this outcome was unforeseen by all.
I said Russia lost months ago…their military is degraded and their days of asinine invasions are over—Putin lost!! The territory they are fighting over is worthless but Zelensky correctly believes cutting deals with Putin will just lead to him installing a puppet government in Kiev and so they had to fight over worthless territory.
Sarcasm is not your strong suit, is it? Ideological insanity is usually the cause for this affliction--seek help.
Trump surrendered to the Taliban and spent billions on crappy Covid vaccines and appointed Wray and Jerome Powell…are you sick of winning????
Do not project your bullshit BINARY political views onto me. I can't stand Trump and can add several more names to his insane medical directives and political appointments--Pudgey Pompeo, John *War-Pig* Bolton, Lil' Mikey Pence, Fascist Fauci, Dr. Scarf-Lady, and pretty much all of his cabinet. That said, that *bunch* are pikers compared to the pedos, drug addicts, grifters, liars, thieves, and groomers who occupy the Dem party and White House today.......are you sick of perverts????
Surrendering to the Taliban was the right thing to do.
Never entering Afganistan (and Iraq2, Libya, Syria, Iraq1, Guatemala, Honduras, Bolivia, Viet Nam, etc., etc., etc.......) in the first place was the right thing to do.
Your attempts at sarcasm are as pathetic as they are juvenile.
Offensive action is always going to be more difficult unless you have 100% air superiority like America did in Iraq 1 and 2.
Russia’s military is degraded from our perspective because they can’t mount an offensive action against NATO for the foreseeable future. Remember we spend $800 billion a year on defense and it’s not to stop rocks being thrown by the Taliban—it’s to stop Russia and China from aggression.
Last I saw, the Taliban had a pretty formidable arsenal, left to them by President Sundown.
They are definitely not going to end this war and any apparent peace-posturing is purely for optics. South Korea will make shells, just enough to keep dragging it out though (I don't think a decisive Ukraine victory is expected or needed, though it's a possibility). Similarly, there are plenty of adrenaline -junkie mercs to sprinkle on the conflict to keep it simmering for years. The political ramifications will be negligible since both party establishments are on board.
I certainly hope so for the sake of the Ukraine and Russian people losing their lives their homes and towns. This fiasco should never have been.