I don’t think this is about Russian interference. The rich in the USA benefit from war up to a point, but supporting the losing side indefinitely is not to their benefit.
Ukraine can’t win this war from the ruling class’s perspective since Ukraine warding off Russia wouldn’t award them any advantage. There’s no resource or strategic asset for Ukraine to gain, they’re just defending so every outcome for them is literally a loss. Rebuilding Ukraine isn’t going to be worth it even as an extraction racket, and their mining resources have been overstated.
It would have been one thing if weapons sales could have forced Russia to retreat or come to some sort of concession, but that hasn’t worked. What Ukraine is missing isn’t weapons, it’s soldiers, and nobody’s ready to send men in any meaningful way.
So they want to cut their losses and normalize with Russia again. Ukraine was a fun little exercise, a spicy little risk to get a foothold in Europe’s breadbasket and on Russia’s border. It didn’t work, but it’s fine, they’re investing over the long term and you can’t win them all. So just be rational, throw Ukraine under the bus and move on to the next debasement of humanity.
I don’t think this is about Russian interference. The rich in the USA benefit from war up to a point, but supporting the losing side indefinitely is not to their benefit.
Ukraine can’t win this war from the ruling class’s perspective since Ukraine warding off Russia wouldn’t award them any advantage. There’s no resource or strategic asset for Ukraine to gain, they’re just defending so every outcome for them is literally a loss. Rebuilding Ukraine isn’t going to be worth it even as an extraction racket, and their mining resources have been overstated.
It would have been one thing if weapons sales could have forced Russia to retreat or come to some sort of concession, but that hasn’t worked. What Ukraine is missing isn’t weapons, it’s soldiers, and nobody’s ready to send men in any meaningful way.
So they want to cut their losses and normalize with Russia again. Ukraine was a fun little exercise, a spicy little risk to get a foothold in Europe’s breadbasket and on Russia’s border. It didn’t work, but it’s fine, they’re investing over the long term and you can’t win them all. So just be rational, throw Ukraine under the bus and move on to the next debasement of humanity.