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You can't do a, b, and c. Those aren't choices. There's no way to win this fast - one has to choose between winning slow or losing quick.
Then you're sentencing the Ukrainians to more civilian casualties, more destruction of their infrastructure, more misery.
That's why I asked you the question upthread that you didn't answer - what have you proposed (other than secondary sanctions on our allies) that you think the U.S. could do, which anyone on this board has pushed back on? What's the "win fast" method you think people here are rejecting?
Then you already know the answer. We disagree on the secondary sanctions. It's going to come down to how much skin in the game the West wants to have.
If you want Putin to pay, then it might incur some economic hits on our side.
I asked this board if it was comfortable with involving NATO troops directly. No one has stepped up to that option.
Let's ask you a question: How many years do you think it would take at current course and speed for Russia to decide to withdraw?
