Defeated by half-measures

Complicit in the carnage,
Collaborating with the aggressor,
Defeated by half-measures,
The choices of their friends…
 
Two years too long to wait,
For clarity, for commitment,
Language of victory, of triumph,
Still hesitant on their lips…
 
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April 29, 2024
Defeated by half-measures
 
April 25, 2024 post by NATO on X,
https://twitter.com/NATO/status/1783433117144903717
"We are committed to supporting #Ukraine and paving the way
for a just and lasting #peace in #Europe"
Language matters.
#NATO should state unequivocally, 
"We are committed to #Ukraine's #victory and creating a just and lasting #peace in #Europe."
Edited April 22, 2024
Ukraine cannot wait – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/ukraine-cannot-wait-v3.html
April 4, 2024
a proxy bleeding
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/a-proxy-bleeding.html
Edited April 2, 2024
Ukraine must win – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/ukraine-must-win-v3.html
Edited March 31, 2024
The blood of the dead of Bucha – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v4.html
March 19, 2024
Statement by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/3710899/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-at-the-20th-ukraine/
at Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting:
“The United States will not let Ukraine fail.
This coalition will not let Ukraine fail, and
the free world will not let Ukraine fail,”
Neither “win” or “victory” were in Austin’s opening remarks…
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Edited November 19, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2_19.html
 
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