The Biden administration is not yet satisfied. It is advising Zelensky to recruit anyone above 18.
At what point is a war lost? Yes, Russia did invade Ukraine after they warned the west several times not to draft Ukraine into NATO. What did you expect? That's how world powers behave. What would the US government do if the Chinese were trying to sign defense treaties with Mexico and put their soldiers, missiles, and biolabs there?
Yes, that's a huge score against Putin, and I do blame him. But this war has been a long time coming. You should have prepared Ukraine for this eventuality well in advance. You didn't do that. You should have sent your best and greatest weapons to the battlefield in aid of the Ukrainians right from the get-go and in enough quantity, you didn't do that. You didn't want peace when Ukraine had the advantage on the battlefield either. You should have put boots on the ground. You didn't do that either. What you wanted was a war on a cheap price and you got repaid the same amount of reward as can be expected from a war you wanted to fight for cheap.
Now, unfortunately, none of that worked. But right now, when nothing is working, when the war has almost been lost, and when your own people have voted in an administration against this war, Urging Zelensky to send the flower of the Ukrainian generation to die for a war everyone knows Ukraine has no way of winning, thats outright criminal and evil. All this for what? Just to fuck over the next administration in your own country, this is grotesque.
I can't believe Ukraine will throw away their next generation for the poisonous tripe this current US government is feeding them. This is unpardonable. I wish Ukraine was never invaded and didn't lose this war, but still, this advice that has been given is monstrous. I wish Zelensky would see through this game and stop this war now, and hopefully Ukraine can negotiate favorable terms without too much loss of territory.
I know all of you ghouls wish the worst for Russia. But I wish the best for Ukraine—at least what's left of them. In a different world where Russia has never suffered a long line of invasions one after the other, Putin would have been replaced for the disasterous war by his own people. But thats not going to happen either; his people see him as a hero, and to them and whether you like it or not; he is another winner in the long line of Russian leaders who stood their ground and prevailed no matter how much his country had paid the price for this one or the ones before his time.
Worst of all, I'm sick of the ceaseless yearning for bloodshed in this thread. I have been reading it for the entire duration of this conflict so far, and I was sickened by the constant lust for the carnage. You can hope for victory without turning into monsters yourself. Some of you didn't even pretend to conceal your bloodlust and claimed this is the best, most cost-effective investment the US ever made to weaken Russia, and I was revolted at the claims. This has to stop now, one way or another. I hope the wiser among Ukrainians feel it is better to stop now and negotiate for peace before they conscript more of their youths to send to a pointless meatgrinder. I hope Nukes never enter this battle.
As we speak this, another war has opened up in Syria, more bloodshed of innocent people, and I became sick of the blood that was going to be spilled again and the bloodlust that will be displayed here. Stop this, all of you! Remember, these are human beings, certainly not westerners, but human beings with feelings and concerns just like all of you. Jokes and posts aside, I hope we can all be better human beings by this. Again, the best for the Ukrainian people. Just my two cents. Pillor me as a Russian bot all you want, but remember you will just be lying to yourself. Just like how you lied to yourself and pretended this wasn't ending badly for Ukrainians all this time now.
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