I more inclined to think, as CRAZY as this might sound, that the Europeans are coming around to the reality that this isn't going their way and their going to be left holding the bag.
Of course, you ...
I believe there's some truth to this.
At the same time, the entire point in all this was never to "win" in any meaningful sense. Western support was always meant to tie up Putin and keep him occupied, as we dump money and tech into Ukraine and essentially halt Putin's expansionist plans, which he outlined prior to the assault on Ukraine. It's always seemed to me that Western intervention is designed to promote biological regime change: Putin is geriatric by Russian standards, so let's just buy time.
It's worked quite well, and will likely go on. But it can't go on forever.
At the same time, the entire point in all this was never to "win" in any meaningful sense. Western support was always meant to tie up Putin and keep him occupied, as we dump money and tech into Ukraine and essentially halt Putin's expansionist plans, which he outlined prior to the assault on Ukraine. It's always seemed to me that Western intervention is designed to promote biological regime change: Putin is geriatric by Russian standards, so let's just buy time.
It's worked quite well, and will likely go on. But it can't go on forever.
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