Subject: Re: New sanctions on Russia
But he, and Reps in general, have been complaining about supporting Ukraine since Putin invaded them.

Because there was no strategy of any kind.

have started negotiations with almost everything Putin wants

Again, you’re the only person that thinks the Ukraine is getting into NATO. They’re just not. And since Zelensky lacks the dudes, the guns and the money to eject Putin, some kind of territorial concessions will happen. This is reality.

You keep obsessing about "dudes". They have the dudes, at least for now.

They do not have the dudes. If they did, they wouldn’t need conscription squads:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024...

The thinness of Ukrainian soldiers on the long front line in the east and south—and since August in Russia, too—is no secret, and fresh manpower is urgently required. Some infantries have battled relentless Russian offensives from the trenches since the spring of 2022, when the full-scale Russian invasion began—and some longer—without proper leave. Ukraine’s armed forces have no demobilization procedures, which basically makes service a one-way ticket: a condition neither fair to those in the field nor attractive to civilians considering enlistment.