Are we bleeding Russia out in Ukraine, or are we the ones bleeding out?
The Ukraine war has shown us that the economics of war has changed, perhaps forever.
The original premise of our involvement in Ukraine was that we had to bleed out Russia.
It was never clear to me why, exactly, we’re bleeding out Russia. Near I can tell, they’ve been useful partners in the fight against, for example, Islamic extremism.
True, Russia invaded Ukraine to save ethnic Russians being shelled by their government, much like we invaded Mexico to save ethnic Americans being shelled by their government.
But I’m not sure why the average American family much cares who runs Donetsk, especially with existential security issues on our wide-open southern border.
Still,…
