Depending on the news channel you watch, it is either politics or the Ukraine war that is being discussed. Over time, people start getting tired of hearing about wars - especially when the side you want to win can only force the other side to a stalemate. Too bad that wars are not like Chess, where a proven stalemate ends the game. The current Eastern European struggle looks like it can go on for years with a lot of needless deaths in the process.
Russia wants for people in the Western nations to tune out to this war, so that they can continue to commit war crimes to wear down Ukraine's will to fight. They count on our collective unwillingness to keep thinking about a war for years on end. As for me, we should escalate things quicker than we have, so that Russia feels pain more quickly. I'll admit that I'd give the Ukrainians weapons which could take out priceless world heritage sites such as the the Cathedrals near Red Square, Hermitage and the reconstructed Amber Room. Russia does not consider human lives worth much, why should Ukraine consider priceless art held by Russia in any higher regard. Make Russians painfully aware of what they could lose if the war drags on, and they may just get pissed off enough at their leadership to throw them out by force. It has happened before....
Sadly, this almost makes me nostalgic for the days that the news was "All Trump, All the Time." Just almost....
