This war, and the various threats it presents, will go on in some form until the question of Ukraine's future is finally decisively settled by NATO.
If Ukraine disengaged Russian forces in exchange for NATO forces flooding in to the free part of Ukraine, the issue of Ukraine's future would be decided. Russia would have no further options other than to hunker down in occupied Ukraine to endure the steady depletion of their assets through a financial war that slowly crushes the Russian economy. An 80% victory could happen now by unilateral action, without the need of NATO membership for Ukraine, or any negotiation with Putin.
Putin's strategy is to wear down the will of Western publics in a long drawn out endless war of attrition. As the North Vietnamese taught the world a generation ago, the political will of western publics is the weak link in the West's defense.
The longer NATO hesitates, dithers and declines to decide the future of Ukraine once and for all, the more chance there is that Putin's strategy will work. The clock is ticking. It's time to make up our minds. Are we going to do what's necessary to secure the future of Ukraine, or not? Yes, or no?
This war, and the various threats it presents, will go on in some form until the question of Ukraine's future is finally decisively settled by NATO.
If Ukraine disengaged Russian forces in exchange for NATO forces flooding in to the free part of Ukraine, the issue of Ukraine's future would be decided. Russia would have no further options other than to hunker down in occupied Ukraine to endure the steady depletion of their assets through a financial war that slowly crushes the Russian economy. An 80% victory could happen now by unilateral action, without the need of NATO membership for Ukraine, or any negotiation with Putin.
Putin's strategy is to wear down the will of Western publics in a long drawn out endless war of attrition. As the North Vietnamese taught the world a generation ago, the political will of western publics is the weak link in the West's defense.
The longer NATO hesitates, dithers and declines to decide the future of Ukraine once and for all, the more chance there is that Putin's strategy will work. The clock is ticking. It's time to make up our minds. Are we going to do what's necessary to secure the future of Ukraine, or not? Yes, or no?