The outcome was always going to be the outcome, it was predetermined by circumstances
This war is not that different than had the US military invaded TX, while France and Germany sent weapons while concurrently making the iron clad commitment to never send ground troops to help
The outcome would always be the utter devastation of Texas with the ultimate victory of the US military never in doubt
This is the West using Ukrainians as cannon fodder to try the bleed Putin of military hardware and never , ever a chance at victory bc NATO was never going to commit ground troops to drive the invaders out
Ratheon got fat , $100 billion washed through Ukraine while the country is decimated
I said it then and I'll say it now , the off-ramp should have been sought 10 months ago when tanks roller over the border