Subject: Re: Let’s See If This Pans Out for Putin
Let’s start by asking the Ukrainians.

Okay, let’s do that:

https://news.gallup.com/poll/6...

The article - which you won’t click on because it might tell you something your bubble doesn’t want you to know - doesn’t paint a picture of super high morale.

That’s where we should start.

Okay. Let’s ask Zelensky what kind of deal he’d accept:

https://www.usatoday.com/story...

Even though Ukrainian public support for continuing the war has cratered, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is using the Ukrainian Constitution as a firewall against concessions.

As amended in 2019, it both prohibits the Ukrainian government from ceding any territory and somewhat clumsily commits it to pursue membership in NATO. In rejecting Trump’s suggestion that there be land swaps as part of a settlement, Zelenskyy pointed at the constitution’s provision against giving up territory, arguing that “no one will step back from this, nor will anyone be able to.”

An astute poster might ask why Zelensky is so stubborn but we generally lack that here from the left side of the aisle.

But maybe you’re different. Can you think of a reason why Zelensky might be taking this kind of absolutist stance even though he doesn’t have the dudes, the guns or the money to throw Putin out?