Quote Originally Posted by hddscan View Post
Hmm, why do you think the US should pay for Ukraine? What would that achieve, besides lost money?
-political gain: They expand their zone of control, undermining the zone of influence of the principal adversary. American global leadership is confirmed once again.
-military gain; they can deploy anti-missile shield in the Ukraine in the future, protecting the territory of the allies from Russian nukes.
-electoral gain for the next elections: US foreign policy under Democrats can bring better results than that of Republicans.
-geopolitical gain: save Europe from Putin’s supposed encroachments (if they believe in what Ukrainians shout out loud on every occasion and without thereof ).
-emotional gain: outsmart Putin, revenge for Snowden, Asad, etc
- a few shale gas depositories for Baiden’s son to boot.

Quote Originally Posted by hddscan View Post
I would partially disagree
I don't think the Right Sector or other neo-nazi would be acceptable by anybody, they would pose serious threat for all neighbor countries.
I don’t expect for them to rule for too long. They would probable resume the full-scale war with people’s republics and facilitate collapse of the state. After their inevitable defeat (which is self-evident without external support) some painful issues including Krim status may be resolved faster than if the conflict is going to be frozen on the current stage. Sanctions also would make less sense for Europe and can be dropped off as early as in March.
Quote Originally Posted by hddscan View Post
I would agree that changing government is a goal. There is no need to set pro-Russian government, reasonable government would be enough to work with. Right now Ukraine does not have reasonable government, at least judging by the budget and goals current Ukrainian government is anti-Ukrainian
I believe Ukrainians are too “hyped up” about Putin to have reasonable government at the moment.))