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Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat
I think the issue we are seeing in the West is not so much war fatigue, but increasing distrust of how it is being run.
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Not "either this or that", but both is true.
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A lot of focus is on the fact that Republicans are not approving the $60 billion of additional aid, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. The WH is not saying this extra $60B will win the war, just that it will prevent Ukrainian collapse for another 3-6 months. No one expects the stalemate to break anytime soon. So what happens in another 3-6 months? We have to pony up another $60 Billion? How many years will we have to keep pouring money into this? 1 year? 2 years ? 5 years? 10 years? 20 years?
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Valid questions. However, truth also is that the Republicans use this to blackmail the WH on tougher immigrations policies in the US.
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No one seems to have any idea what the endgame is, just a fuzzy notion that Ukraine has to be "liberated" from the Russians without a clear strategy of how to do it WITHOUT winding up in WW3/Nuclear Holocaust.
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I thi k in the QWest they start to realise two things: first, they way they hoped would be sufficnet to suppoort Ukroane towars a victory was misled and self-deceptiove, and seocnd, it dawns on peopel what it woudl really would take to make sure Ukraine wins. And many concluded in the backyear dof their minds that they might not be willign to pay the price, though it still takes them time to admit this tought. However, we the West pay only a pric ein goods and money. The Ukrainians must pay in blood.
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This war is starting to look more and more like the Afghanistan War. Everyone said we had to keep the Taliban out or it would be the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it. The War lasted 20 years, cost trillions of dollars and the Taliban have been back in power for over 2 years. Notice how despite all the previous handwringing, no one cares about Afghanistan anymore?
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Afghanistan was bringing out seeds on an unfertile soil, metaphorically. Ukraine is a fertile ground, both metaphorically and literally,
although there are still weeds everywhere that need to be weeded, but at least they are trying.
Besides, it's right on our (Europe's) doorstep and not half a globe away. Uncomfortably close, that means. Putin, or his Simulacrum, just days ago threatened Latvia.