Before I go, may I ask what sources you rely on for your knowledge and understanding of what is happening on the ground in Ukraine?

You just did. :)

Would you prefer I post something from Glenn Greenwald? Oh, wait ... you wouldn't! Heh.

I think the rhetoric of the extreme left and extreme right of political discourse sometimes resemble each other.

You don't actually think Ukraine is going to win this thing, do you?

I think if I were you, I would also attempt to downplay the most recent Russian attack on Ukraine as "this thing" and then reframe the discussion with a question that implies what somebody else thinks.

Since I am actually me, I am laughing at your pathetic attempt. :)

Obviously, it's hard to cut through the fog of any war and it's never easy to navigate all of the propaganda emanating from all corners. Of course, it helps to be able to decipher fact from fiction from any sources we are relying on to help us understand what is happening.

You don't actually think Ukraine is going to win this thing, do you?

I correctly identify your dissemination of right-wing and Russian talking points, and you follow that post with a link from the WSJ.

As my (decidedly non-Russian) source relates,...

More propaganda that could have come straight off Russia state TV. You and your so-called "friend" are living proof, you neither have to be a Russian nor a Righty to post the Kremlin's talking points about Russia's "air superiority" and how war is hard and resistance is futile.

Reality is setting in ...

As my (decidedly non-Russian) source relates, "the Wall Street Journal belatedly realizes that attacking Ukrainians get stuck in mine fields, shot up by mobile defenders, and hammered by Russia’s supposedly non-existent air superiority… [the Ukrainian} Joint Forces Operation might have been savvy and polished enough to operate effectively. But JFO no longer exists."

Hopefully, Biden and his crack foreign policy team are now mapping a way out of this war with some realistic goals.

No less than four comment boxes in 18 minutes. *laughs*
You definitely should have given that a lot more thought, though.

How many more years will the US be funding the destruction of Ukraine?

How many more comment boxes will you be littering this forum with right-wing and Russian propaganda disinformation? This comment of yours is the type of asinine claptrap playing on a loop on Russian state TV.

Btw, keep in mind that 'counteroffensive' is just another word for bloodier stalemate and another forever war.

By the way, "counteroffensive" actually is a response to having been on the defensive under attack, blood isn't bloodier in the same way water isn't wetter, stalemates can change, and nothing lasts forever.

Big picture... you're (still) totally missing it. :)

Take a good, hard and long look at what's happening around the globe and how the US figures in it, not to mention the state of affairs inside American democratic institutions.

On the other hand ...

Take a good, hard and long look at the figures the United States sends to countries around the globe and how many other countries are eagerly taking it while asking for more:

OpenTheBooks Oversight Report
FOREIGN AID
HOW AND WHERE THE U.S. SPENT
$282.6 BILLION (FISCAL YEARS 2013-2018)
Plus Updated Covid-19 Aid & Payments to the UN and Other Agencies

https://www.openthebooks.com/assets/1/6/Foreign_Aid_v15.pdf

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Perhaps you might know someone who's even claimed on this blog that the United States wasn't doing enough; you need look no further than your mirror.

Seems like every country is full of dang critics with their hands out taking US very seriously when they take our foreign aid.

Probably we should tell them all to sod off. :)

On the other hand ...

Because Democratic voters -- unlike their GOP counterparts -- are simply not going to nominate a conspiracy-theorist or a man running from a federal prison cell. That much, at least, we can count on.

... are ya sure about that?

The so-called "Tiger King," a.k.a. "Joe Exotic," is currently serving a 21-year sentence in a federal prison for a murder-for-hire scheme (as well as other lesser charges). He is currently also a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Wait, what!? He has run as an Independant and Libertarian; when did he decide to run as a Democrat? *checking*

April 2023... ridiculous.