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He [Rep. Andy Harris] said of Ukraine’s springtime offensive that was intended to turn the tide of the war: “I’ll be blunt, it’s failed.” And he was blunt, too, about the prospects for a victory ahead: “I’m not sure it’s winnable anymore.”

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[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I disagree, a decisive and crushing defeat for Russia is the best outcome for the US because it's the worst outcome for China, they both lose an effective ally and the west is shown to clearly be able to defend its own.

[–] zkikiz@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That leads straight to open conflict and a reorganization of the status quo though. Some people really like the status quo even if it means keeping the human meat grinder turned on.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The status quo broke last year, we're not getting it back without something happening.

Putin broke an insanely expensive peace, and the only way to get it back is to enforce "you broke it you bought it".

[–] zkikiz@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Oh I agree. I'm saying some people really like the status quo, even if it's broken.

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