Neighbors?
But in all seriousness, the alternatives are pretty unpalitable:
a) Fund Ukraines war (which they will never win) until all the Ukranians die, just to put a dent into the military infrastructure of Russia
b) Start a war with Russia to force them to lose the war with Ukraine
And I am not all to concerned about how Zelensky feels about whatever happens to us.
The reason US became so strong and rich was because of developing trade and for trade it needs peace.
Without it the US will become irrelevant and eventually weak enough that other super powers that develop because of this move will take over.
The war was winnable and Ukraine had upper had until this change, it was projected that Russia would run off resources this year.
In fact of we didn’t restrict Ukraine in 2022 and give them full help out could end that year, as Russia was acting very incompetent initially and didn’t have time to set up their defenses.
What in the world? That position is pretty out there, and expert after expert on the matter said the exact opposite, and with Russia's size, population, and industrial base they have the more likely position.
Ukraine had the upper hand? It was projected that Russia would run out of resources? Both of those claims are really pretty nutty considering what open source information tells us all with our own eyes.