we don't have to tell ukraine to surrender, but we are paying for their war so we should get a say. if they don't like that, they are more than welcome to stop taking our money and then they are free to fight the war however they please. of course, they won't do that because they can't win and would probably result in putin taking the whole country. a structured surrender is unironically their best offramp at this point, but the real point is that yes, we do get a say on how your war proceeds when we're paying for it. don't like it? fight your own war
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