the signs are already there (JP Morgan circling ‘rebuilding’ efforts), but damn, when the full details start to come out and if/when the establishment becomes comfortable saying it was a mistake (ala Iraq), it will be shown just how much of a ratfuck this is.

Meanwhile the NHS crumbles more and more every day.

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    Any sort of “mistake” they would admit to would be something along the lines of “we were too naive and trusting with those shady asiatics in Ukraine” it would be 100% blaming Ukraine for everything and acting like the west is an innocent naive pawn of evil dictators who tricked them.

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      Yeah, idk. Like I’m sure it’s a matter of time before Zelensky gets ousted or offed or something, but it’ll just be a changing of the patsy; short of a leftist revolution, they’ll just keep hitting the resistance to Russia machine with a fresh coat of paint and roll on, is my guess.

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        They’ll only be doing that as long as it is profitable for them though. Once Ukraine is fully defeated they can’t really get a good return on investment anymore, so they’ll abandon them.

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          Short of using nukes or the USA’s level of depravity they showed in Vietnam and Korea, I don’t think there is a win for Russia. And if Ukraine were to surrender that’s when their leadership would get ousted and replaced with a “true patriot”. Ukraine is basically just a method of funneling western government money to an international MIC. I really don’t see a permanent shut off for that tap without revolution in the western world.

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            Yeah, you raise a good point. I can see a point of diminishing returns for the MIC but a “reliable” customer that they can keep making money off of would be ideal for them. They do love their forever wars.