Originally Posted by Excargodog

The delusion is believing that Ukraine will somehow regain all the lost territory. That’s like believing in a Free Tibet. The only ways that could happen are:

1. US boots on the ground
2. Use of nukes
3. All of the above

if you want to blame someone, blame the Europeans who have never really carried their fair share of military forces required by NATO even before the end of the Cold War and frittered away what little they had with 35 years of “peace dividends” spent on other priorities.

The mission of NATO was DETERRENCE. But Western Europe was more worried about pi$$ing off Greta Thunberg than deterring the Russians.