Forgive - I have to get off for the evening. sigh Up the Republic! 😇
“Your points are a big off topic.”
Not really. You made the point that Russia is “rotten and a bully,” a point with which I agree. I responded to that, because WHY Russia is rotten and a bully goes far to explain why it does what it does. And that is essential to understand if one is going to engage in negotiations with a bully.
That’s why I responded as I did, because I wanted to give a little summary of what I thought brought Russia to its well-deserved role of a bully.
Because what makes a bully a bully is his insecurity and paranoia. As such, a bully feels compelled to lash out at those smaller and weaker than he, as the bully sees them as easy targets, a quick victory; a chance to show his dominance. But a bully cries “Foul!” if his victim fights back; and if the victim fights back hard enough, and starts to really hurt the bully, the bully quickly looks around for an exit, or for someone to step in and stop the fight, and thus save him from his greatest fear of all: Humiliation.