the reason is simple, russia is for big. ukraine is too simple. russia itself is the largest country on planet earth with a relatively huge economy for the region and 145 million people who live there. ukraine has a population of about 40 million. it s the poorest country in europe. it s got an average annual income that s much lower than albania s. so just by looking at the most basic wikipedia numbers, if ukraine remained a sovereign country, ukraine it would have to reach a negotiated settlement with russia. pitch battles were not going to do it. that s not a moral judgment. you can root for the ukrainian military all you want. it s still a fact. the second thing that was immediately evident about this war was how unusually destructive it was, and was going to be. it wasn t just ukraine that was getting pummeled, though it certainly was, it was the entire western economy, including our economy. russian energy fuels europe. a recession in germany was certain to lead to a re
but the biden administration adamantly opposed the settlement. biden s advisors didn t just want the russians to leave ukraine. that s what they told us they wanted on television. no, biden s advisors want a together regime change war against russia, apparently to avenge the election of donald trump, which they believed putin was responsible for, and willing to fight the last ukrainian to get it. on april 9th this year, the white house dispatched borisance to kyiv. he communicated two messages. the first is that putin is a war criminal, pressured, not negotiated with. and the second is that even if ukraine is ready to sign some agreements on guarantees with putin, the west is not. in other words, who cares what the ukrainians want. america and the uk demand total war with russia, regime change war with russia. of course the ukrainians caught in the middle had no choice but