One possible cynical explanation might be the need to expend as many passionately inspired human meat as possible for subsequent reinforcement of any future version peace agreement could be forged into.

There are ones who prefer pouring fire on a burger to exoneration and forgiveness. There also are ones who let others do dirty work.

There’ll come a time for the Ukraine war (including the civil conflict phases in 2014 and then 2016–22) to be evaluated as yet another ‘tragic miscalculation’, where ‘staggering variety and complexity’ gracefully sings along with melancholy strings of ‘the geopolitical intentions of our adversaries’ which the US turned out unable to comprehend.