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I have said that.
Yes, but then you say tons of other things (like that we're "sentencing" Ukraine to some misery) that end up creating the conditions that you say you want to CTRL-ALT-DEL. If all you're saying is that we should try to find other avenues to up Russia's pain, then you could just say that.
Has anyone other than myself expressed a single idea in this thread other than 'stay the course'?
You've only expressed one idea other than stay the course (secondary sanctions). You've thrown out other ideas that you don't support (like direct involvement of NATO troops) as a provocation, but not as serious suggestions.
The reason we all advocate stay the course is because the West has already implemented nearly all of the good ideas that are both potentially going to work and not going to risk things spiraling out of control. You are dissatisfied with the fact that Ukraine's best chance of defending itself and avoiding Russia's takeover is "stay the course." That's fine, but the reason we advocate it is because we think it's the best option.
This is not a marginal view. The entire Western coalition is advocating the middle path of continuing to supply Ukraine with the materials, but not getting NATO personnel directly involved. Not just the liberal countries - even folks like Meloni who are far more in Trump's corner are on board with "stay the course."
I don't know why you keep getting frustrated that people who think that the current plan of action is a good plan of action aren't offering alternatives to the strategy that they both think is correct and working.
Again...they don't really have to do anything other than extend Putin a line of credit.
But they're not going to do even that. They want to say neutral in this. They've been doing everything they can to stay neutral in this. They don't want to pick sides against the entirety of the West on something that brings them zero benefit. They're not going to do something to hurt Russia, but they're not going to bail them out, either. They're happy to buy energy and sell goods like they do with everyone else, but they're not going to ride to Putin's rescue with billions of dollars in a line of credit. They want to be happily in the business of exporting things to Europe and the U.S., which is what brings them power and influence.
Once Russia starts to run out of ways to pay for the war, they won't have any good options left.
They don't have to put their necks out there. Why would they? They're getting all this for free.
You posited that China might materially intervene to help Russia once the West's strategy of choking their resources drives them to the point where they can't continue to prosecute the war.
