How Ukraine Defeat Turns Western Giants Into Midgets

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Peter Erickson offers a bleak prediction of what Ukraine's defeat will mean for Western global standing. He argues that the conflict has exposed fundamental weaknesses in both Western military capabilities and industrial capacity—from weapon systems that failed to live up to their hype to production limitations that left stockpiles depleted without adequate replacement capacity. Erickson suggests this isn't just a military defeat but a comprehensive revelation that will permanently alter how the world perceives Western power. The metaphor of entering as "giants" and leaving as "midgets" captures the dramatic shift in global perception he envisions, where Western influence across all spheres—military, diplomatic, and economic—will be fundamentally diminished, accelerating the transition to a multipolar world order.