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Originally Posted by Itse
Eh, who cares, this means nothing. The US political establishment has no memory, and no one knows what they’ll think next year.
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I take it to mean that we are at a fork in the road from a large western support perspective. They will see what this package may be able to achieve on the battlefield but perhaps after this, it will be more of a European/Ukraine responsibility on the large things. I don't agree with that stance in a lot of ways but in a lot of ways, when Ukraine mentioned they need A, B, C , D and more in these quantities, and they get a lot less of everything, it makes you wonder. They wanted F16 and 3000 tanks, they got 300, a lot of which was blown up quickly and are awaiting a few f16's by the summer, maybe.
If it looks like Biden will lose the next election, it may be time then to help Ukraine with getting the best deal possible as opposed to what Trump may offer.
The days of the US providing tens of billions of dollars and continuing their level of involvement to these degree may be coming to an end in relatively quick fashion. That is why I am hoping that the US and the west send the required equipment to make enough of a dent to actual change things in Ukraine's favor