ROTC?
Yeah, ROTC. That means that the staff sergeant who's been in the army for a decade or two still has to answer to me, a 22 year old still wet behind the ears fresh out of college since I'm a commissioned officer and he isn't.. Do you have any military training? Hell do you even know basic assault tactics like slicing the pie or NATO symbols for units?
But of course we have a 4 star general over here...
just look at the latest news
I did... just watched the news for a half hour... passing references about the war in relation to the US economy, not even a 1 minute segment devoted to the war. In February/March you'd have live updates and they'd be talking about it nonstop on every channel. Not anymore. Americans have moved on to other things. No one cares anymore. In fact, the only thing people in the USA care about in relation to the war is NOT sending any more aid to Ukraine. And it doesn't matter if it's $1 or $40 billion, right now Americans believe that money needs to be spent here instead. The economic situation was nothing in February/March like it is today.
Besides, the USA has already given far more aid than anyone else and what did it get Ukraine? All those javelins, artillery, etc. Sure, they saved their capital which was arguably the most important. However, now they've used up much of that aid and are demanding billions more because they're gradually losing more and more of the east and south and are way too broke to address the issue themselves. Well, USA isn't going to be so generous this time around, I can promise you that - hell just watch the news lol.
Ukraine is like a needy young girl that gives you a kiss but won't put out. Well, sooner or later the sugar daddy is going to move on, especially when he has other concerns on his mind. That's an apt metaphor for this situation.
The USA might send some token aid, but they're not going to get the billions they want or anywhere near the 1,000 howitzers, 1,000 drones, 300 MLRS, etc. that they put on their shopping list.
Poland, UK, etc. might send some stuff, but even if they're very generous it's no where near what the Ukrainians are asking for and what would make a real difference on the battlefield. Only the USA has enough equipment that could really tip the scale again but they're not going to.
Ukraine isn't going to join NATO either, NATO isn't going to enforce a no-fly zone, and NATO isn't going to send troops to Ukraine either.
Hell, even the Ukrainian officer admitted in an article I referenced earlier that the Johnny Depp trial is more interesting to Americans than the Ukraine war.
Stagflation? Blame COVID, not the war.
COVID was over long in the USA before inflation started to really hit. COVID is no longer a concern in the USA - no one wears masks even in the stricter states. Stagflation was caused by the some $10 trillion printed during COVID which increased prices, then the "sanctions" which even politicians admit are having little to no effect on Russia and most certainly didn't and won't stop them from continuing the war, but which made gas prices rise and thus every good go up even more so in price. That's what's on American minds - how much am I going to spend at the gas pump? How am I going to manage my food budget when everything doubled in price? ... even "Why did Johnny Depp win" is more important to Americans than the Ukraine war at this point. But maybe that will change if Russia launches a nuke or something. Otherwise, people don't care anymore.
I'm sure it's different in Poland though since it's happening right next door. Polish people feel it everyday since the country has been overly generous to a fault causing a whole host of problems caused by overcrowding and stretched resources.
Meanwhile, Russia enjoys more revenue thanks to rising oil prices than they even expected to get with no sign of slowing down. If anything since they're making even more money now on oil they have an added reason to continue the war so prices don't go down and stabilize.
That's why people are calling for this war to be over, for Ukraine to negotiate and even cede territory if need be,
Newsflash...Freedom is not free
Russia conquering Ukraine has nothing to do with freedom in America.
Still waiting for you to disprove the things I wrote i.e. Ukrainian/Russian losses, USA caring less and less about Ukraine with media not even talking about the war unless it's in the context of US economy namely inflation/high gas prices, Germany and France eager to strike a deal with Putin so business can return to normal (France is even offering to be a mediator in negotiations), that Ukraine isn't going to ANYWHERE near the shopping list they made for their western sugar daddy, discussions during Davos about Ukraine negotiating peace even if it means ceding territory, etc.
Meanwhile Russia can't even take Severodonetsk after 110 days.
Actually, Russia just started the offensive around Severodonetsk in early May and reached the actual city and began assaulting it by the end of May. They control the vast majority of Severodonetsk with only a few pockets of resistance left mainly in the chemical planet.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sievierodonetsk_(2022)