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No western country has the appetite for boots on the ground. I think the only countries that would do it are Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, and Estonia. The reason they would do it is because they are next in line, but they also have to contend with the fact that Belarus, Kaliningrad, and the Russian border is right there and they have to be careful with how much they draw down.
There's no limit to Europe's desire to keep sending equipment, I don't think anyone is under any kind of pretense that Ukraine will be paying back anything. Russia barely paid back the US for the lend lease agreement for WW2, Germany wasn't required to pay back anything for losing, Ukraine will be given a pass. Russia will fight with sticks and stones if they have to so expect this to continue to get dragged out. Ukraine will pay back the west with it's expertise with drone warfare and be a major manufacturing hub for it.
As much as we all think Trump is in bed with Putin and sucking his dick, Putin is making Trump look bad and I wouldn't be surprised if Trump does something drastic and out of left field. His whole term so far has been drastic and out of left field.
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