Two things that point to the notion that Washington is supporting a long war in Ukraine, and truly doesn’t think there will be a diplomatic solution or cessation of violence there anytime soon: one, the $3 billion in recently announced military transfers is a “multi-year military investment” including weapons that won’t be available via defense contractors for at least three years.
Secondly, a little nugget dropped on us Wednesday night: Biden plans on “naming ” the U.S. military assistance mission in Ukraine and making it a separate command with its own general. You know, like
Operation Desert Storm, Operation Gothic Serpent,
Operation Uphold Democracy, or Operation Unified Protector.
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This does not seem like a formula for bringing the war to a swift end. This seems like an all-too familiar set up for a “long hard slog.” Ukraine may be in the driver’s seat today, but the West, which most certainly includes the
hawkish UK foreign policy elite, appears to be more interested in seeing this through as this era’s Soviet-Afghan war, or the U.S. war in Afghanistan itself, which took
two decades before Washington finally threw up its hands and walked away.
Russia, for its part,
just announced a plan to expand its military forces, signaling its own commitment to the long war.
Amid the news about the admin's multi-year weapons investment, a general will be appointed for a separate command, too.
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