Mick, a sobering and depressing outcome and analysis. I wish I could say you are wrong, but I cannot. The collective “west” has failed Ukraine this year. Policy and decision makers at US State and DoD are playing a game of CYA, worrying about their own reputations and advancement rather than the good of US national security interests. There are others who cannot change their thinking as it would make them either irrelevant or lose face. The GOP (Guys owned by Putin) that actively want to work with Putin and admire his authoritarian system that only serves him and the limited Oligarchy and not the Russian citizens.
There is a deal to be done to get aid to Ukraine...let’s hope it happens soon. But the deal will be costly domestically in the US as it will bow to legislative terrorists. And that does not bode well long term.
Mick, a sobering and depressing outcome and analysis. I wish I could say you are wrong, but I cannot. The collective “west” has failed Ukraine this year. Policy and decision makers at US State and DoD are playing a game of CYA, worrying about their own reputations and advancement rather than the good of US national security interests. There are others who cannot change their thinking as it would make them either irrelevant or lose face. The GOP (Guys owned by Putin) that actively want to work with Putin and admire his authoritarian system that only serves him and the limited Oligarchy and not the Russian citizens.
There is a deal to be done to get aid to Ukraine...let’s hope it happens soon. But the deal will be costly domestically in the US as it will bow to legislative terrorists. And that does not bode well long term.