Sen Lindsay Graham never turned his back on a war of any kind, we must feed the military/industrial complex. We know who his major contributors to his campaign are.
From DAY ONE, I never thought of Ukraine as our ally. In WWII, they sided more with Nazi Germany.
Ukraine is fighting for their survival. And the fact is, the USA has been training Ukrainians since 2014, if not before. They were better trained in 2022 with the attack by Russia then than they were in 2014. And while their numbers have been depleted, they have been nicely reinforced with US military equipment, depleting our own military to outfit the Ukrainians.
But I can't say how tired I am about Ukraine defending democracy when the fact is they are not. Elections in Ukraine have been suspended. Nothing democratic about it.
Trump is right, prepare to settle for peace or die alone. If Europe were to pick up in our place, it would not last long, for they get much of their equipment from the USA. Ukraine will be forced to settle for peace and relinquish multiple things. My view, they should be thankful. And this could have been negotiated two years ago when Putin realized his military was spineless.
But Z's wanting US boots on the ground, he should have known Trump would balk at that. No way!!!!!!
After the Holodomor, they sided with the one power that might keep them from being starved to death again. I can understand that, as a desperation move. That did not go well with them, but until Hitler violated the no-aggression pact he had with Stalin, they were divvying up Eastern Europe (look at Poland, for instance). Operation Barbarossa brought that alliance to an end.
I agree with the rest of your assessment. Instead of coming, hat in hand, so to speak, Zelensky started demanding things on Trump's turf, outside previously negotiated parameters. That isn't a sign of good faith, but one of contempt for the people he is asking favors of.
Now he has wished in one hand, and promptly filled the other.
Ukraine was caught in the middle.
