. . . Thus, the new, or newly revealed, goal of U.S. policy in Ukraine is not just the defeat and retreat of the invading Russian army but the crippling of Russia as a world power.
The sanctions imposed on Russia and the advanced weapons we are shipping into Ukraine are not only to enable the country to preserve its independence and territorial integrity but also to inflict irreversible damage on Mother Russia.
Putin's Russia is not to recover soon or ever from the beating we intend to administer, using Ukrainians to deliver the beating, over an extended period of time.
Since Russia is invading and devastating Ukraine, Russia can end its supposed beating by withdrawing to its own borders. In effect, Pat seems to think that we are unfairly hurting Russia by making Ivan's fists hurt as he beats up on Ukraine.
Ya beat me to it. GMTA.