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OK. Maybe not ideal - I mean I'm sure they'd love an open low-crime stable democracy run by a happy go lucky pro US leader.
But realpolitik, yes.
- It would wrap up the conflict faster
- Reduce cost
- Limit humiliation for Putin and get back to the status quo
The amount Zelenskyy brings up taking all territory back, tells you how concerned they are that the West will (or probably is) pressuring them to accept some territory loss. The fact that there were zero fucks by the international community after Crimea tells you how readily the west will take some territory loss in someone else's country.
Also re-reading my post it makes it sound as though I mean the current state of territory control. I mean pre-2022 boarders.
- It would wrap up the conflict faster
Why is Ukraine accepting ceding some of its territory, an ideal US outcome?