> want to keep it going as long as possible

note that the volume of EU and US support to Ukraine is obviously calibrated to the same goal.

Yes I unfortunately trust those who are motivated by money more than ideology. Greed, while horrible and ugly, is at least very predictable. Messianic, or even utopian or pretty much any ideology, can lead to absolutely insane levels of destruction. You just don't know what true believers of any sort are willing to do.

>And China is not really supporting Russia

Yes, yes they are.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_and_the_Russo-Ukrainian_...

To be fair, east and west are in relation to England, not the US.

Trump’s a smelly orange shit but the US at least pretends to have data privacy protections and we can’t legally compel companies to have back doors… yet. I think. It’s very hard to keep up with all the nonsense these days.