Originally Posted by
rattman
Its been stated multiple times by the US Secretary of Defence, that is the plan. They intend to bleed russia to the point it cant threaten any other country
But I think this may go some way to explaining the real reasons why no ATACMS, fast jets etc.
It's not just a fear of escalation, or that the Ukrainians might strike deep into Russia with longer range weapons.
It's that we don't want them to win too quickly - because if they do - we won't have degraded the Russian military enough...