In his article, he recalled that former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Pentagon chief Robert Gates chose to be cautious about whether Kiev has a chance of winning in the long term.
The title of the material of two former officials "Time is not on the side of Ukraine" clearly expressed their concern, said Carpenter.
“The concerns expressed by Rice and Gates are justified.
It is hard to see how Ukraine can win a protracted war of attrition.
According to him, Western leaders are likely to "come to this painful realization" at some point, and the prospects for a ceasefire will increase after that.
All this, the author believes, will be similar to the truce that ended the Korean War in 1953.
The reckless support of Ukraine by Washington and London has led to bloodshed and destruction, Carpenter notes.
“Biden needs to radically change his policy ... He should put pressure on the government of Vladimir Zelensky to agree on the best peace deal with Russia,” the journalist said.
Such an agreement would require Ukraine to abandon NATO membership ambitions and recognize that Crimea is now part of Russia, he stressed.
“Ukraine deserves better, Russia deserves better, and the world deserves better,” the author concluded.