Whatever wars the U.S. fights, according to the neocons: the fate of the world hinges on the U.S. winning; when the U.S. loses its always because it didn’t pour enough treasure and blood into it, and the domestic population (regular people) never understands the ramifications and never supports the war enough. It’s never the neocons fault for promoting stupid wars. From James Carden at antiwar.com:
The blame game has commenced; America’s Ukraine hawks have met the enemy, and it is us.
Informed observers here and abroad acknowledge that the war of attrition between Russia and US- and NATO- funded Ukraine has taken roughly half a million Ukrainian lives, and that, given Russian superiority in manpower and materiel, Kiev would be well advised (as it was by then-chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff as early as the fall of 2022) to pursue a negotiated settlement.
And for a time there was a dawning recognition of reality on the part of the American foreign policy establishment that was spawned by Kiev’s failed 2023 counteroffensive. Yet over the past week, it seems the pendulum has swung back in the other direction. The memo has gone out: ‘American aid can still propel Ukraine to victory.’ The revised narrative is being dutifully recycled by the administration’s stenographers across legacy and corporate media outlets.
Consider the following all within the space of the last week:
- On January 10th, The Wall Street Journal informed readers that while the Ukrainian counteroffensive has failed, “The biggest problem may be that Ukraine is insufficiently armed to penetrate Russian defenses. The U.S. and allies were willing to provide armored vehicles for the counteroffensive—but not modern fighter jets that are central to the way Western militaries attack.” The Journal story goes on to quote “Ukraine’s top military officer” who says Ukraine “needs better technology to defeat an enemy with a population more than three times larger” but, as Journal notes with obvious dismay “support from the U.S., Ukraine’s most critical ally, is wobbling amid domestic political squabbles.” In other words, how dare we be so selfish as to prioritize issues such as the open southern border or the fentanyl crisis?
