Mon Feb 6, 2023 – 1:38 pm ESTMon Feb 6, 2023 – 3:54 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) – With the publication of a new paper last month, the RAND Corporation signaled the need for a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine. Titled “Avoiding a Long War,” its tone and objectives signal a significant break with the expectations and objectives suggested four years ago.
RAND, which has advised the U.S. military on national security issues since 1948, initially advised in 2019 a strategy designed to “overextend and unbalance” Russia through sanctions and military humiliation. With neither of these goals achieved, it concedes:
An end to the war that leaves Ukraine in full control over all of its internationally recognized territory would restore the territorial integrity norm, but that remains a highly unlikely outcome.
In a complete departure from the initial goals of destabilizing Russia, it now argues for a negotiated end to the war – in order to focus on the next.
“U.S. interests are better served by a political settlement” which “might bring a more durable peace than an armistice.”
How has the view of RAND, so long the top advisers to the Pentagon, changed so
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