[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "Putin is desperate to hide the corruption and money laundering in which he and his cronies and scores of Russian military officers routinely engage. Russia is even more corrupt than Ukraine."

Great. Let both corrupt non-NATO nations fight to the death in an "officially" non-NATO war.

As the old t-shirt from our Vietnam ear had as a slogan, "Kill them all, and let God sort it out."

It's actually a centuries' old notion: " 'Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius. is a phrase reportedly spoken by the commander of the Albigensian Crusade, prior to the massacre at Béziers on 22 July 1209. A direct translation of the Medieval Latin phrase is Kill them. The Lord knows those that are his own'."

After the whole thing blows, some one is sure to pivk up the pieces.

[ought-six]

When two corrupt nations fight each other, I generally side with the lesser corrupt of the two and the one who was invaded — especially if it is smaller and weaker than the invader. It’s a question of balance over imbalance. It’s pretty basic.