a couple counterpoints > For one, the Ukraine invasion is the US's fault i don't see it being anyone's fault put Putin's > we can manipulate and control the

a couple counterpoints > For one, the Ukraine invasion is the US's fault i don't see it being anyone's fault put Putin's > we can manipulate and control the status quo (i.e. win a "war") without firing a shot or dropping a bomb i don't see the war being won or at least not in the literal sense. The Ukrainian people have put up stiff resistance but all the articles i've read from military experts all end with the same sobering realization, the Russian army is just too big and too equipped to be defeated by Ukraine. > I think the West's goal here is to deliver the final blow to Putin and topple his regime, even if it requires killing innocent people along the way. I hope not, because an existential threat to Putin and his regime is, well, an existential threat and will be dealt with in an existential way. You can read between the lines.