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Why?

Why?

Because, at the very least, taking NATO off the table and making Ukraine a neutral state will represent an enormous [[strategic defeat]] of [[the west]], that political leaders will have to account for to their [[public]]s, following years of open-ended and exorbitant [[financial]] commitments, during which time Europe has grown demonstrably poorer because of its [[war]] [[policy]].

Because, at the very least, taking NATO off the table and '''making Ukraine a neutral state will represent an enormous [[strategic defeat]] of [[the west]], that political leaders will have to account for to their [[public]]s, following years of open-ended and exorbitant [[financial]] commitments, during which time Europe has grown demonstrably poorer because of its [[war]] [[policy]].'''

So the biggest blockage to this plan is [[political]]. But the political facts on the ground in [[Europe]], characterised by what is happening in [[France]] right now, are bringing the final political reckoning with defeat ever closer, while making the pill more bitter.}}

So the biggest blockage to this plan is [[political]]. But the political facts on the ground in [[Europe]], characterised by what is happening in [[France]] right now, are bringing the final political reckoning with defeat ever closer, while making the pill more bitter.}}