Guess NATO waiting to see which off ramp Tsar Putin will take. All the offered ramps point toward continued destruction for Ukraine. The unwritten deal is for Putin to use conventional war tools confined to Ukraine borders. Narrow war and time in exchange for some of Ukraine. Hope western democracies use Ukraine bravery for good purpose. War is obscene. It happens when you are prepared and when you are not prepared. Rather be prepared and hope that war does not occur at our doorstep.
The desire for a Tsar/king/autocrat/strongman/etc... is strong in many countries, including the USA (see: Trump). It's probably an ingrained animal instinct, even if those systems are inherently unstable.
Seeing the caption of your latest piece got me thinking. I wonder how many citizens of the USA want a regime change here verses how many Russian citizens want a regime change in Russia. Just in plain numbers I would say that there would be more Americans want a regime change here than Russians that want a regime change there. However the population is much larger so that comparison is not really fair. More validity should be placed on the percentage of the population of each country that wants to see regime change in their country. I still think that more want Biden gone than Putin gone but it would be much closer.
Guess NATO waiting to see which off ramp Tsar Putin will take. All the offered ramps point toward continued destruction for Ukraine. The unwritten deal is for Putin to use conventional war tools confined to Ukraine borders. Narrow war and time in exchange for some of Ukraine. Hope western democracies use Ukraine bravery for good purpose. War is obscene. It happens when you are prepared and when you are not prepared. Rather be prepared and hope that war does not occur at our doorstep.
The desire for a Tsar/king/autocrat/strongman/etc... is strong in many countries, including the USA (see: Trump). It's probably an ingrained animal instinct, even if those systems are inherently unstable.
Seeing the caption of your latest piece got me thinking. I wonder how many citizens of the USA want a regime change here verses how many Russian citizens want a regime change in Russia. Just in plain numbers I would say that there would be more Americans want a regime change here than Russians that want a regime change there. However the population is much larger so that comparison is not really fair. More validity should be placed on the percentage of the population of each country that wants to see regime change in their country. I still think that more want Biden gone than Putin gone but it would be much closer.