• Patapon Enjoyer@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I mean, it is. A years long war of attrition instead of full on boots on the ground is great business for everyone except Ukraine.

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      6 months ago

      Between this and Israel, the American military industrial complex is well fed and well employed. “More war” they say

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      6 months ago

      Obviously there’s a proxy war between russia and the west in ukraine, but I don’t think the US wants a long attritional war.

      They could have done more to not end up in one, but I think escalation management really is driving a lot of decisions in washington.

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        6 months ago

        Yeah, they probably told the Russians they were going to greenlight the Ukrainians way before they told the Ukrainians.

        Which is tooth grindingly frustrating, but I can’t fault Biden for his efforts to avoid nuclear exchange.