Rather than three years, the Ukraine War is now in its twelfth year, prosecuted by Washington under three presidents (Obama, Trump, Biden, and now Trump again) and not very successfully, depending upon how success is measured. If the object was merely to keep taxpayer funds flowing to U.S. defense contractors, it has been a wild success. But if the object was the three decades-long neoconservative obsession with keeping Russia from reemerging as a great power, it has achieved precisely the opposite.
In addition to annexing Crimea, Russia has now annexed territory in Ukraine which comprises most of the country’s energy reserves. Russia’s military has expanded significantly in size and capabilities since 2022. Even Washington’s attempt to cripple Russia economically has backfired.
Like every previous war, this one has produced worse results – even by imperial standards – than if it were never fought at all.
