Mr. M

People who think like this cannot ever be granted authority over anything that matters, least of all the survival of a nation. The world is a dangerous place and compromises, even unsavory ones, sometimes must be made in order to maintain a position of advantage. Everything can't be a stand on principle; all or nothing; an existential conflict. Sometimes discretion is the better part of valor. People who don't understand that live in a fantasy world in which our advantage is permanent. We'll never run out of money, munitions, or men. We'll never find ourselves in a battle we can't win. They always think that the only thing stopping us from solving every problem is will. They're wrong. Staying on top is incredibly difficult and it requires savviness, ruthlessness, and wisdom. It requires knowing what battles to fight and how to fight them. The old wisdom is true. You actually do have to pick your battles. Russia IS the aggressor. And? Why does that mean Ukraine must fight to the last man? Why must we escalate the war into World War 3? Turns out, we don't have to. Russia actually can be contained. They've suffered significant losses and are in no position to march through Europe, even if they wanted to (which is itself a dubious claim). It is a naive, childish, and ultimately cruel person who places the continuity of borders over the value of millions of dead (mostly) men. A person with this attitude should pick up a rifle and head to the front. Otherwise, her callous willingness to throw men into a meatgrinder should be regarded as villainous.