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Originally Posted by activeStick
Hey, I agree with you, and I've been saying since the start that the west will support just enough for Ukraine to not get destroyed completely, but make sure they don't give what's needed to have Ukraine win. I don't think Europe's in any position to do much of anything with their own economies struggling and who knows what happens with their strongest country in Germany with their upcoming election and their far right party gaining momentum.
I guess my point is, it sucks but Ukraine has nobody other than the US right now to turn to.
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There was never a realistic option to give enough to Ukraine to defeat Russia militarily. Personnel was always their biggest weakness and no amount of equipment was ever going to make up that difference. For obvious reasons, boots on the ground from the U.S. and/or NATO wasn't an option.
So yes, the strategy was always to give enough to Ukraine to keep them in it long enough to outlast Russia's economic resilience, domestic stability, or Putin's life, and the looming U.S. election was always a potential deadline.
The biggest lesson from all this is how the economic battle against Russia failed, and there are several reasons, not the least of it is that China, which is undeniably a world power, can make or break it. They basically did the same thing for Russia economically that the West did for Ukraine militarily. Gave just enough to hold them up until the U.S. election.