Well, once peace is achieved, send them home. And feel free to send them your money, yourself, your kids, but leave the rest of us out of it. Ukraine is not our concern, not a security risk to us. Europeans can address it if they want, but not involve NATO. Actually, maybe we should end NATO now before folks use it to force us into direct hostilities with Russia. And, by the way, as I’ve asked others supporting Ukraine, what have you done to halt cheap labor from India and cheap products from China, which are both funding Russia? Are you serious enough about addressing Russia to call for ending commerce with these two?
Shortsightedness.
Where the rest of the developed world just trades commodities in a reasonably transparent way, Russia uses coercion, demands secrecy, expects subservience and relies on kickbacks to grease the wheels.
If Russia wins this, it’ll have half the planet fighting for a share of grain, minerals or petrochemicals from Ukraine and Russia at affordable rates. Piss Russia off just a bit and the price goes up or the taps get turned off. Go further, and the deal will be, sack your government and install a Kremlin puppet in the parts of the country Russia wants to control... or else.
The same deal offered to Ukraine and Georgia. Deals that Russia design with the express intention that either they comply and hand over their territory, or don’t and a civil war with “special military operations” follow.
Long term, trade of commodities controlled by Russia and China will be the biggest factor.
America will be dragged into that whether it wants to be or not. It’s a global repositioning. Stay on the sidelines and your next phone might just be hardwired to send useful data to Moscow.