Ukraine is making progress, making advances against Russia.

              — NATO head Jens Stoltenberg, June 14, 2023

I see light at the end of the tunnel.
              — Walt W. Rostow, President Lyndon Johnson’s national security adviser, 1967, on Vietnam War

Jens Stoltenberg is a tall man.  So was Lyndon Johnson.

I am reminded of this song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXnJVkEX8O4