This was supposed to be a limited action to keep NATO out of Ukraine, defend the rights of the working class and Russian speakers in the Donbas, and remove the neo-Nazi's from their positions in the government and military. Biden has turned it into a proxy war between the US and Russia. Ukraine now has an unlimited supply of advanced weapons at its disposal flowing in from NATO and the US directly. It is doubtful the Russian military is capable of completely defeating the Ukrainians. Russia can take over the Donbas and dig in --the Ukrainians won't be able to drive them out if they are determined to stay. We will have a stalemate. A rational negotiated peace could be worked out acceptable to both sides but US imperialism will try to prolong the conflict as long as possible and will do all it can to prevent such an outcome. All this anti-Putin propaganda (he is no worse than US presidents in misusing his military) is part of the US game plan and an attempt to cover up the imperialist provocations that led the Russian ruling class to attempt this ill advised military assault on Ukraine. Unless Biden can be stopped this war will be intensified and the only winner will be US Imperialism and the two political parties that are its supporters. We need to build a broad popular front based on the working class and including the vast majority of the American people directed against both major capitalist parties and their imperialist policies -- this is the only way to really fight the ongoing drift towards fascism and war in this country.
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