No one is particularly happy about the pace of events in the Ukraine counteroffensive. President Volodomyr Zelenskyy isn’t happy. Ukraine’s military leadership isn’t happy. Those participating on the ground are certainly not happy.
Vladimir Putin may be happy. Because losing slowly rather than rapidly is what passes for success in Russia these days.
Now The Wall Street Journal is indicating that President Joe Biden is also unhappy, along with other Western allies, because no one likes the political and economic implications of a prolonged war in Ukraine. But the Journal does seem to be making a couple of judgements about the situation that are decidedly … odd.