The Pentagon: In response to North Korea joining the war, we won't hurt Ukraine more than we already do

 From Reuters:

"No new limits on Ukraine's use of US arms if North Korea joins Russia's fight, Pentagon says

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. will not impose new limits on Ukraine's use of American weapons if North Korea joins Russia's war, the Pentagon said on Monday, as NATO said North Korean military units had been deployed to the Kursk region in Russia."

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I find it significant that the administration thought that this clarification was needed. It only confirms first-hand that the US priority is to impose limits not on the aggressor Russia but on the victim Ukraine, which the USA promised to defend after disarming it with the Budapest Memorandum.

I can only add what I recently wrote on Charles Steele's blog: "We see that various countries furnish themselves with Putinist rulers, through free elections or otherwise. This is hardly surprising. Because what is the situation on the ground? Russia's allies enjoy peace, stability and (relative) prosperity. America's "allies" can be attacked at the moment Putin sees fit. Their land is up for grabs, their cities are to be razed to the ground, their people are fair game to be murdered by thousands. As this happens, the Democrats provide only token aid in order to avoid "escalation" (whatever this means), while Trump wants the token aid stopped, blames the victims for being attacked, and insists that they "make a deal" with the aggressor."