| − | Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', Lt. Col. Daniel Davis said in September 2023, | + | Writing in ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[Lt. Col. Daniel Davis]] said in September 2023, |
| | {{quotebox-float|"US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}} | | {{quotebox-float|"US leadership would be wise to adjust its policies to reflect the reality of Ukraine’s slim chances against Russia’s fortified lines...[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] has spent nearly $113 billion over the course of this war, provided Ukraine with an astounding volume of modern arms and ammunition, and delivered an impressive array of training and intelligence support...After almost a year of preparation, it hardly dented the Russian lines...Rather than repeating over the next year and a half what has already not worked—potentially costing Ukraine yet additional hundreds of thousands of losses—it’s time to try something that has a chance to succeed...In other words, it’s time to acknowledge objective reality and employ policies that can work”.<ref>[Mainstream “Newsweek” Wakes up to Reality: “$113 Billion in Modern Arms Hardly Dented Russian Lines”], By Richard Abelson, ''[[Gatewaypundit]], Sep. 21, 2023.</ref>}} |