Is Ukraine fading as a priority for the West.

POLITICS, GUN CONTROL AND INFLATION MOVE UKRAINE TO BACK BURNER

THE WEST'S INCREASING SHORT ATTENTION SPAN

Lately, it has become obvious that the coverage of the Ukraine war has begun to fade from the American media. Is it just a product of a short attention span or has this war and its sanctions just created bigger issues to be monitored?

Inflation, much of it due to the sanctions in opposition of the war are now imbedded into most economies and will not recede in the near future. 

Then there is gun control, always a media priority and the need to make inroads while the emotions are high. You can bet it will be number one for the next few weeks.

Then there is the midterm elections which will need to be increasingly the focus of the media, after all, democracy itself is at stake. 

Now that the Ukraine war is entering its 4th month, I believe far longer than many expected, it has lost its initial appeal. The repercussions of this war are going to affect the world economy and except for the arms manufacturers it will not be a positive effect. 

Then at the moment the Russians are slowly advancing, wearing down the Ukrainians, both in supplies and morale. It is now a question if more weapons and support will be able to stall, not even think about an expulsion of the Russians. The Russians are setting up administrative forces and it appears they have no intention of giving up any territory they have occupied.

Sanctions have not encouraged the Russians to give up on this operation and more sanctions seem to be a double edged sword for all. If this conflict continues into the fall the world may very well experience fuel and food shortages around the world. It could actually have very serious consequences for many of those highly indebted nations.

While many will want to double down and increase the intensity of the conflict, others still talk of negotiations, sadly the time for negotiations was 4 months ago and may not yet be ripe for meaningful results. It may now be the case of winners and losers. The losers must desire an end to the conflict.

This whole debacle has been another dismal failure of our state department, who has insisted on containing and encircling Russia as our national policy. It has produced the destruction of Ukraine for decades to come. It has placed the world in a precarious position concerning food and energy. It has divided the world into 2 seperate spheres of influence and the lasting results are not even calculable.

One thing is for sure, they will never admit their failure, just has they yet to admit to the death and destruction resulting from their decisions in the last decades.