The Looming Stalemate In Donbas

The Battle for Donbas has reached a decisive point — unless Putin’s hordes unleash a major attack soon, Ukraine has won another epic victory.

Unlike most folks who assess Russia’s war on Ukraine, I adamantly refuse to get caught up in starry-eyed optimism and rah-rah appeals.

Why? Because overconfidence gets good people killed, plain and simple. Thousands of Americans —including a couple guys I served with — died in Iraq and Afghanistan because politicians in D.C. couldn’t figure out how to win or get out for a decade.