Garland Sent Me This.

The National Interest, of course. 

The alleged stalemate in the Russo-Ukrainian war has again brought calls from some quarters for Ukraine to be “realistic” and agree to a land-for-peace deal with the Kremlin. This would abandon citizens to the horrors of Russian occupation and compel the international community to compromise the principles of the rule of law and state sovereignty. In this scenario, no compromises are asked of the Kremlin.

This is the most hilarious piece I read in a long time and the conviction with which these two shysters, who have zero understanding of modern warfare, try to apply the "new" term stasis is risible. Hey, with C.Vs. like that, I am sure they know it all:  

About the Authors

Alexander Motyl is a professor of political science at Rutgers University, Newark.

Dennis Soltys is a retired Canadian professor of comparative politics specializing in the former Soviet region.

In related news, I have a degree in smoking good vanilla cigars. I am a professor of that.