Originally Posted by
NutLoose
Totally agree Bob, half of the problem I can see was the Wests reluctance early on to give the Ukrainians the means to thwart Russias attack, if they had given them HIMARS etc when requested who knows how many lives could have been saved and how much territory would have been saved from the horrors inflicted upon it and their people.
That's probably true with hindsight, but early on nobody really thought Russia would be so bad or Ukraine so good. It was generally assumed that Kiev would fall and the country would be overrun. It would have made little sense to send advanced and very expensive weapons just for them to be taken by Russia.