The only way Ukraine can effectively counter Putin is if the U.S. funds it, which is why they keep it going. It’s probably too late for negotiations at this point, so this war will turn into another long, drawn out debacle just like Afghanistan, draining U.S. resources while we’re in the midst of an economic crisis (also caused by our government’s policies), costing Ukrainian lives, and only benefiting the oligarchs on all sides.
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Perhaps this chart will make you feel better about US commitment to Ukraine’s survival. • Chart: The Countries Pulling Their Weight in Ukraine Aid | Statista
Russia is spending about $900 million per day to prosecute this war (according to a Newsweek estimate of May 2022, though there are other, higher estimates floating about), not counting the financial cost of sanctions. Sanctions are designed to bring Putin to the table to stop him taking Ukrainian lives (although Putin continues to receive energy revenues from Europe and elsewhere.) So far, it hasn’t worked. If it is worth it for Putin to spend $900 million a day to kill Ukrainians, destroy property, uproot populations and remain in occupation, how much should it be worth to Europe and America to hold him at bay long enough to drain his resources, cause him to withdraw, save Russian lives as well as Ukrainian lives, lessen the threat to Baltic, Swedish and Finish lives and put the world back to trade-as-usual, in which Putin and his oligarchs did very well, much better than they are doing during the war?
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Yes, the sanctions aren’t working, and last I heard the ruble is doing pretty well.
Was it worth going to war over Russia’s demands that a couple of territories in Ukraine remain neutral, and that Ukraine not join NATO?
If we had negotiated a settlement, war would have been avoided, and the threats to other countries as well.
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