That was a good recap about Russia/Ukraine. Personally, I don't even think early sanctions would have helped since Putin would have baked all that in at the outset. If you know the story of the frog and the Scorpion you will better understand Putin. Many have speculated he will only take the Donbas but since he has troops positioned in Belarus I think it will be more depending on the resistance and Murphy's rule of combat #1: No good plan survives first contact.
I think Putin is just playing the SloJoe team. from what I've read elsewhere, those that want to be Ukrainian are moving out and those that want to be Russian are prepping up in case Zelensky decides to move against them.
I still think we'll see Putin and Zelensky reach some sort of agreement. In spite of SloJoe and companies attempt to make it look like world war 3 was about to unfold.
That was a good recap about Russia/Ukraine. Personally, I don't even think early sanctions would have helped since Putin would have baked all that in at the outset. If you know the story of the frog and the Scorpion you will better understand Putin. Many have speculated he will only take the Donbas but since he has troops positioned in Belarus I think it will be more depending on the resistance and Murphy's rule of combat #1: No good plan survives first contact.
I think Putin is just playing the SloJoe team. from what I've read elsewhere, those that want to be Ukrainian are moving out and those that want to be Russian are prepping up in case Zelensky decides to move against them.
I still think we'll see Putin and Zelensky reach some sort of agreement. In spite of SloJoe and companies attempt to make it look like world war 3 was about to unfold.