For those who like history, here is what I recall. Russia amassed a formidable army on the border of Ukraine and we all knew it intended to invade. We enjoyed the Olympics as Russia sat there poised for attack. Our president implied Russia could invade a little bit, but not take all of Ukraine. It appeared that little more happened and certainly no great NATO diplomats stepped forward in an attempt to avoid a war. And, as everyone predicted, war happened. But, the amazing thing is that our government and NATO all thought it would be quick with Russia sacking Ukraine.
Only when that did not happen, did this become the most important war for us to support and politicians pretended that we should “send bullets and not our boys.” Listening to the revisions of history from both sides of the aisle is frustrating. Our “leaders” thought this would be over by now, with Russia winning. If that was their belief, why didn’t we negotiate to stop it?
Could it be that this is a war we did not expect to last this long, but like?