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Assuming one isn't interested in their fight for freedom: they are paying for this in blood. Ukraine is dismantling Europe's only local threat, and the oldest g
by distances 2y ago
Assuming one isn't interested in their fight for freedom: they are paying for this in blood. Ukraine is dismantling Europe's only local threat, and the oldest geopolitical rival of the US. They have already destroyed most of Russia's Cold War arsenal of conventional weapons. If we put this in a bit of a cynical way, the situation as it stands is an extremely cheap deal both for Europe and the US.
- maxglute 2y agoIf one isn't interested in their fight then cheap=/= maximally profitable. Foot in door by luring proxies to trade blood for $. Once proxies dependant and fully sunk cost, enshitification commences. If one is cynical, RU as future competition is done, extraction of UKR can begin. Dead horse still worth something as glue.
- eru 2y agoWhenever I read theories like this, I am saddened that we don't live in such a utopia where eg the US (and Russia etc) have perhaps some weird and questionable goals, but go about achieving them rationally and efficiently.