Is the West escalating the Ukraine war? One year on, there is no sign of an endgame

 via Unheard.com

Barely a day had gone by from Ukraine’s successful request for German Leopard-2 tanks when the government in Kyiv called on Nato countries to yet again prove their solidarity by supplying it with US-made F-16 fighter jets. While military experts doubt these vehicles will significantly alter the situation on the battlefield, Kyiv touts them as important symbols of Western political resolve.

“War is a continuation of policy with other means,” wrote Clausewitz in 1832. A year into the Russo-Ukrainian War, what is that policy where Ukraine is concerned? Or America, Germany, and other Nato allies? Are Ukraine’s repeated calls for more support and the West’s accommodating response a case of leveraging “strategic publicity”, performative diplomacy, alliance solidarity, or something else entirely? After all, as much as the Ukrainians are fighting Russian forces and suffering massive casualties to protect the territorial integrity of the Ukrainian state, today Nato is openly engaged in a proxy war that risks spiralling into a catastrophic conflict between the West and Russia.

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I PERSONALLY BELIEVE, that the continuation of this war is part of Ukraine's economic plan for the future...near future.

The US has finally acknowledged that we are supporting their civil infrastructure and making direct payments to their govt officials, troops etc.

Ukraine has yet to confront the corruption that has kept this country from flourishing and in the meantime has discovered this new "wartime" economy that appears to be quite lucrative for a special few in their nation.

I ask a simple question.

At this point, if Ukraine wins does it really lose?  The economic aid will dwindle.  The military support might continue but it too will decline dramatically.

A massive rebuild will have to be undertaken and while its citizens are proudly Ukrainian they have found new lives in other countries.

If hostilities ended today Ukraine would be a shell of itself.

Is there anyway that this nation isn't gobbled up by other nations with each taking a chunk?  I really don't see how it doesn't happen.  That's with hostilities ending NOW!  What will things look like in a year from now?  What will aid to that nation look like a year from now with a Presidential election taking place?

For better or worse leaders on all sides need to find an off ramp.  Don't know what that will look like but continued fighting will lead to a shattered and dismembered Ukraine.