[Deo volente]

Going south fast! Historically, this is a perfect storm for a Russian pre-emptive attack.

If cooler and sober heads do not prevail soon, this will lead to a conflagration the likes of which the world has never seen, or could hardly imagine. Putin will break out one of his "tactical" nukes and level a Ukrainian town. It will escalate from there. Heaven help us!!

[laconic]

It ain’t going to be Joe Biden standing there in front of the tanks - big talk is easy for him and the likes of Mitt Romney who had multiple draft deferments during the VN War where there were numerous opportunities to show their bravery, instead of projecting it on others.