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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 6075127" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Putin is 72.  He's incurred close to a million casualties.  His military has been severely degraded.  He needs a way out that allows him to save face.  That minerals deal is the best Ukraine can hope for.  Trump campaigned on ending the war.  Not on giving either side everything they want.  Trump's critics want whatever makes Trump look the worst.  If another million get killed or wounded to accomplish that they're all for it.  We aren't going to put boots on the ground.  Neither is Europe.  So what else can be done to end it?</p></blockquote><p></p>