re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Three years ago less than 5% of Americans could find Ukraine on a map.

Currently it's a Top 3 issue in the Presidential election and last week members of Congress were waiving Ukrainian flags.

I think it's safe to say Putin miscalculated here.

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I'd be interested to see where you're seeing its a top 3 issue, because most of the surveys I've seen of voters don't even have it on the list.

If it is a top 3 issue, its that because its controversial, not because 90% of Americans want to fund Ukraine and its that important to them.

The following stats are per a recent Pew study: 74% of Americans said the Russia/Ukraine war is at least somewhat important to US interests. Only 59% said it was at least somewhat important to them personally. It was a bit lower than Israel/Gaza & Taiwan in the first category, and behind Israel by 6% in the second.

YouGov says 53% support sending aid to Ukraine, and that number is biased heavily based on party (Dems support it more) and age (Boomers remembering the Cold War).

So in summary, I don't think he miscalculated anything. He knew going into it that US support would happen at some level. He appears to be well on his way to achieving his strategic goals. And for as much as the west is "grinding down" Russian military capability, they seem to be doing some grinding of their own on the west.