Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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Ryuu96 said:

The USA's credibility is being utterly wrecked and for good reason.

Got the Brits anonymously talking shit about their strategy now, got Ukraine doing operations without informing them because they don't trust them anymore, the "escalation management" has been an utter failure of policy and Ukrainian officials straight up calling out how Israel does whatever the fuck it wants without telling America is what we've all been saying too and the sheer hypocrisy of America telling another country what it can and can't do while they would never follow such rules themselves.

All I can say is GOOD.

Now lob a Storm Shadow at Russia and tell America to suck it up, what are they going to do? Stop all Ukraine aid and become hated by all their allies?

Yup, Ukraine flipped the table on escalation management and are now using it to their advantage. Once positive developments for Ukraine are underway, what exactly are the USA and Germany going to say or do to stop it without making themselves look like allies of Russia? Especially when the entire foundation for their escalation management - the fear of Russia upping the ante in response - has been proven so very wrong. Ukraine didn't just attack Russian soil with Western equipment, they grabbed a lot of land.

And of course there's the situation in Israel where the West backs the occupying force who commits war crime after war crime. Makes it even less likely that the USA and Germany can veto anything Ukraine does.