Ukraine 2014 vs. Ukraine 2023

Trying to view the Ukraine of 2014 as essentially equally capable as in 2023 would be exceptionally unrealistic - a state of mind which professional neocons seem to permanently maintain.

The US and other NATO nations have been training and otherwise assisting Ukraine since 2014. Which made their surprisingly effective resistance to the Russian invasion last year possible and even to far exceed Western expectations. The argument that “if we had just done all this in 2014 …” is standard neocon ideological posturing.

Full post: https://brucemillerca.substack.com/p/ukraine-2014-vs-ukraine-2023