Thanks, Andrew. I agree with you completely. Giving Ukraine just enough support to keep the war going without a hope of winning it may be the least ethical thing to do at all.
I agree with your analysis if not your conclusion. I feel that we let Russia win in Ukraine at our peril. Britain and France declared war on 3rd September to protect Polish sovereignty - and failed to do so in the end. If Russia is seen to be able to get away with stealing a country and breaking every aspect of the rules of war and be seen to win then others will seek to emulate them.
I rarely speak out about the war in Ukraine, although I am very well aware of everything that is happening there, on both sides.
There is absolutely no parity. At the moment when the West began to supply high-tech weapons to Ukraine, Russia applied a strategy of compensating for this factor with a huge amount of low-tech weapons, additional mobilizations and the involvement of Iran, China and North Korea in the war.
In addition, this war has a very characteristic feature. This is a war of artillery. A war of howitzers, mortars, self-propelled guns and MLRS.
The ability of Russia, North Korea, China and Iran to produce ammunition for this type of weapon is several times greater than the ability of the entire West and Ukraine to produce and supply ammunition to Ukraine. Everything that Europe and the United States transferred to Ukraine was transferred with a great delay and in quantities that could not ensure a normal confrontation.
The quality of the armored vehicles transferred was sometimes so poor, and the equipment itself was outdated and unequipped for combat, that Ukraine spent months equipping and preparing for combat.
In addition, the number of types and variants of weapons is so large that the burden on logistics increases several times.
Ukrainians are certainly grateful, but my opinion from the outside is that assistance should be timely and effective. It is not.
Your analysis is correct. The West's support of Ukraine is maddeningly reminiscent of the US prosecution of the Vietnam fiasco.
Thanks, Andrew. I agree with you completely. Giving Ukraine just enough support to keep the war going without a hope of winning it may be the least ethical thing to do at all.
We aimed for a "tie" in this war, and that is apparently what we are going to get. And, for Russia, a tie is a win.
I agree with your analysis if not your conclusion. I feel that we let Russia win in Ukraine at our peril. Britain and France declared war on 3rd September to protect Polish sovereignty - and failed to do so in the end. If Russia is seen to be able to get away with stealing a country and breaking every aspect of the rules of war and be seen to win then others will seek to emulate them.
I rarely speak out about the war in Ukraine, although I am very well aware of everything that is happening there, on both sides.
There is absolutely no parity. At the moment when the West began to supply high-tech weapons to Ukraine, Russia applied a strategy of compensating for this factor with a huge amount of low-tech weapons, additional mobilizations and the involvement of Iran, China and North Korea in the war.
In addition, this war has a very characteristic feature. This is a war of artillery. A war of howitzers, mortars, self-propelled guns and MLRS.
The ability of Russia, North Korea, China and Iran to produce ammunition for this type of weapon is several times greater than the ability of the entire West and Ukraine to produce and supply ammunition to Ukraine. Everything that Europe and the United States transferred to Ukraine was transferred with a great delay and in quantities that could not ensure a normal confrontation.
The quality of the armored vehicles transferred was sometimes so poor, and the equipment itself was outdated and unequipped for combat, that Ukraine spent months equipping and preparing for combat.
In addition, the number of types and variants of weapons is so large that the burden on logistics increases several times.
Ukrainians are certainly grateful, but my opinion from the outside is that assistance should be timely and effective. It is not.
Apart from the citizens of Israel - not necessarily its government - I don't think there's any honor remaining in the west.