Pilferjinx
There’s a path to NATO membership Ukraine has that Afghanistan didn’t. The US never considered the Afghan people a true ally - just a useful tool to weaken Russia. Similar to Ukraine arming Russian separatists but on a much larger scale. Everyone wants this war to end on all sides. It’s just a matter of forcing Putin into good faith bargaining or total Russian victory.
That’s not a good take. The US has been dragging it’s feet in supplying Ukraine and has put gigantic restrictions on the use of those supplies. A very stark difference compared to Israel’s use, as an example. Zelensky just had a meeting with Biden today about his plan ending the war that I’m sure will involve giving up a significant amount of Ukraine to Russia. It’s not great being neighbors with Russia.
The Israeli killdozers plowing in Palestinians go brrr.