The idea that US could just shoot down a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia that would have otherwise happened is kind of silly.
How exactly would that have happened, what leverage would the US use?
Ukraine is an independent nation that needs US support primarily for the war. If there was no war, like in the case of a peace deal, US opinion wouldn't matter much. In a post-war scenario support would likely mostly come from EU and China anyway.
The US has been shutting down peace deals by giving Ukrainians a chance in the war. I can very easily believe that US promises of military support might have been instrumental in making sure there is no peace deal, but that situation could just as easily be described as "Ukrainians pushing the US into promising more and more military support as a condition for continuing a war that the US saw as beneficial to their interests".
The US is much like most western countries, just more powerful. They do a lot more bad things than most other countries because they can, not because they're particularly evil in comparison.
They have both altruistic and selfish reasons to do things. Supporting Ukraine is obviously a bit of both. Same as it is for every other country that supports Ukraine.
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