".....Geopolitical measures to bait Russia into overextending itself are likely impractical, or they risk second-order consequences - Many geopolitical measures would force the United States to operate in areas that are closer to Russia and where it is thus cheaper and easier for Russia than the United States to exert influence......"
Its better to think of Ukraine as a sick patient - the poorest and most corrupt country in Europe - and the US as a deadly virus or a cancer that has invaded it and is trying to spread itself.
Ukraine winning was NEVER anything the US ever imagined or planned. The entire point is to try and bleed Russia dry
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB10014.html
"......Overextending and Unbalancing Russia- Assessing the Impact of Cost-Imposing Options
James Dobbins, Raphael S. Cohen, Nathan Chandler, Bryan Frederick, Edward Geist, Paul DeLuca, Forrest E. Morgan, Howard J. Shatz, Brent Williams
RESEARCH SUMMARY, Published Apr 24, 2019......"
Worse yet, the US actually KNEW this was was a waste of time, and a waste of Ukranian lives, as the full report actually states:
"https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3063.html
".....Geopolitical measures to bait Russia into overextending itself are likely impractical, or they risk second-order consequences - Many geopolitical measures would force the United States to operate in areas that are closer to Russia and where it is thus cheaper and easier for Russia than the United States to exert influence......"
Its better to think of Ukraine as a sick patient - the poorest and most corrupt country in Europe - and the US as a deadly virus or a cancer that has invaded it and is trying to spread itself.
Time for UKRAINE to face the music, not the vampires who put them in the situation they're in