Is it time to wind down the war in Ukraine?

Biden (right) and Zelenskyy meeting at the White House in Washington DC on December 21, 2022. – Agencies

THERE’S been a lot of uplifting, we're-in-it-to-win-it language used about the Ukraine war recently. The message being sent is that the United States is committed for the long haul and won't abandon its friends to a brutal aggressor like Russian President Vladimir Putin.

It's a moving display of solidarity, including the recent visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House – especially since it comes against the backdrop of 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers and 40,000 civilians killed or wounded, according to the Pentagon, since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.