Ukraine’s long and winding road to victory just got a lot longer and deadlier.

At a multinational summit on Ukraine in Germany last week, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley made it clear that the Biden administration’s real Machiavellian goal is not for Ukraine to win, but for Russia to be continually weakened in a long, drawn-out war. Milley also asserted the war would likely “end in negotiation” and not decisively on the frontlines.