Putin is waging a forever war. The west can't pull the plug on Ukraine now

They still don't get it. Even after 18 months of horror in Ukraine, too many prominent politicians in the US and Europe appear unable or unwilling to grasp the existential threat that Vladimir Putin's Russia poses to all. They continue to assume this war, like other conflicts, will eventually end in negotiations. Yet the Kremlin demands nothing less than Kyiv's total capitulation - and that is not going to happen. Pressure for talks is gathering momentum as a military breakthrough eludes Ukraine's forces. At the front, frustration leads to escalation and an alarming geographical widening of the war. Last week's…