Admit that Ukraine is yet another U.S.-led interventionist crusade that failed. Intervention because this war should have never occurred. Two acknowledgments: 1) an announcement that Ukraine would not be allowed into NATO; 2) Washington would work toward Minsk Agreement compliance by Ukraine could have prevented the Russian-Ukrainian War. The tragedy is that these monsters willfully destroy human life.

The fiascos in Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan should have been proof enough that the Washington foreign policy is flawed. They always promote wars billed as democracy against authoritarianism. They use hooks like “rules-based” international order against the law of the jungle. The marketing of humanitarianism is just a cover for the monetary profits of the weapons makers and a total world hegemony that Washington envisions.

In Washington, there are whispers of dissatisfaction with Kyiv’s recent military offensive. It appears that Washington realizes that Ukraine’s usefulness to weaken Russia is drawing to a close. Ukraine’s “fifteen minutes of fame” has passed. The only unknown is how hard they will let Ukraine fall. The only softening of Ukraine’s fall will occur if it provides cover for Washington’s guilt.

A telling sign of a good friend is having each other’s back. Washington appears to be in a face-saving mode that will discredit its bloodied pawn. They are expressing concern with Ukraine’s military strategy and “willingness to fight” with a “growing unwillingness of Ukrainian forces to follow the advice of NATO advisers” and their excessively “casualty averse.” This verbiage prepares the American public for the possible abandonment of a U.S. client.

America’s foreign policy hawks may be smart enough to abandon a used pawn. But will the indoctrinated public be able to identify Washington’s next target? The weakening of Russia and the Putin regime failed. Who is next? China