[marktwain]

The only people that are winning in this war is the Military Industrial Complex and Pols accepting their blood drenched campaign cash.

I believe you are mistaken. The big winner in this war is China. Their two major geopolitical opponents, Russia and the USA with allies, are expending material (and men for Russia) while China benefits from cheap Russian oil, and Russia becomes dependent on Chinese tech.

The Chinese have a saying for this strategy: "Sitting on a mountain, watching two tigers fight".

[kiryandil]

The big winner in this war is China. Their two major geopolitical opponents, Russia and the USA with allies, are expending material (and men for Russia) while China benefits from cheap Russian oil, and Russia becomes dependent on Chinese tech.

An astute observation.

[ansel12]

I doubt that China is happy about the West’s military buildup, new weapons factories, larger budgets, more cooperation, expanded alliance, and all the movement to get the same thing together with the allies in the Pacific, with the same manufacturing increases, cooperation, and new military readiness with larger budgets, and they really can’t be happy that NATO is warming up to helping us in the Pacific.