"The 1980's are calling to ask for their foreign policy back."

https://crooksandliars.com/2022/05/fuck-war-russians-shout-concert-st

Uh, hairnet? Gloves? Who thought this photo would appear in a good light?

TL;DR version: The border between Poland and Ukraine is now almost as easy to cross as the borders between EU states. Thus making it more likely that Ukraine will be allowed in the EU.

Brutal fighting every day, and no end in sight. It could go on for months.

I told you these would make a comeback.

Allegedly the Russians have somewhat gotten their act together now and are making steady gains. It begins to appear that the Ukrainians will be forced to cede territory as the price for peace.

That will never happen. The Ukrainian people will never give up territory, in order to sue for peace. Any Russian gains now will be temporary, at best, considering what's transpired in the tweet I quoted above you. They're rapidly running out of modern tanks, munitions and above all else, experienced soldiers. Those T-62 tanks will be manned by unmotivated, 45 year old reservists.

One can only hope...

What is the public opinion in the US regarding this war? After all, the US supplies most of the weapons and is responsible for the infinitely valuable intelligence for the Ukrainian troops. Which costs a gigantic amount of money.... Without the Americans, this war would probably already be lost.

I'm grateful to Biden for putting himself out there. I wouldn't have put it past the old man. Kudos!

But there is always the danger that the Americans will say that this is the Europeans' business. Which is not entirely wrong. But Europe is so pathetically weak militarily. If the US support crumbles, a catastrophe will happen and Ukraine will become "New Russia". Is there a real danger? How strong are the voices calling for the US to stay out of it?

(I actually only came back to wordforge because of this war, to find out what you guys are up to and think about the whole situation.)

That's a relief!

It's actually the same here: only extreme right-wingers and a few lost left-wingers are against arms deliveries. For exactly the same reasons you mentioned. And there are still a few well-meaning but naive intellectuals who think that it is still possible to talk sense with Putin, but first the Ukrainians have to lay down their arms...

Pretty much this. Americans are largely supportive of assistance short of placing our own well-trodden boots on the ground, which Ukraine has explicitly said they don't need anyway.

It's the least we owe them for putting the biggest Putin shill in office and enabling the conditions that allowed this to happen.

Stalin called artillery "The Red God of War." I have a feeling Putin's about to get a taste of why Stalin called it that.