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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've ignored this thread but I will weigh in.

Russia will probably win if we stay on the current path. The US is funding the war, Europe has little skin in the game and is aggressively ambivalent about supporting Ukraine.  If the white house goes right in 2024, I predict this ends by Russia taking the Donbas and possibly more. If the left wins, we may see an expansion of the war and a much longer time-line for resolution.  [/quote]

You're wrong. Europe is heavily invested in this war. Even Germany, which was a little wobbly in the beginning, just announced a $3 billion military aid package for Ukraine, including 30 additional Leopard tanks. In fact, Zelensky met with Chancellor Scholz today in Berlin. Additionally, the European arms industry has been in overdrive this past year to ramp up production for Ukraine. Over the next few months, the EU will deliver more than a million rounds of artillery shells and missiles to Ukraine. Even Switzerland just changed its laws so its weapons can be sent to Ukraine. Nothing has united NATO more than Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In fact it caused Sweden and Finland to both join NATO. And if you spent even a minute watching this year's Eurovision Song Contest, which was essentially one long kitschy tribute to Ukraine, you would have seen how popular support for Ukraine is presently in Europe.
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When people say "the US is funding this war, Europe has little skin in the game and is aggressively ambivalent about supporting Ukraine" I can tell that these are people lost in the right wing echo chamber - Facebook, Fox News, AM radio talk shows. As a  percentage of GDP, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, the UK, the Netherlands, Norway, Czechia, Poland and Bulgaria have all provided more aid than the US has. Finland, Denmark and Sweden are close behind. Italy is the real laggard - unsurprisingly. Not because of any love for Russia, but because they change governments every year and can barely pick up the trash. But support for Ukraine is extremely high in Europe, particularly in the countries that matter. 
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