Russia, under Putin, sees an Obamatunity to expand.
If I understand this correctly. We can’t do anything about it so we need to rig elections for the people to vote to become Russian property?
We have Kosovo/Bill Clinton to thank for this.
Serbia was not a threat to any NATO members, and NATO violated its “defensive” charter... and the 1973 War Powers Act was violated.
If the U.S. does not say “return Kosovo to Serbia” we will be seen as hypocrites. But if we don’t stand up to Putin we will be seen as weak.
How about cutting a deal having the Russians return East Prussia, and then let Ukraine split as it is want to anyway?
Luttwak is wrong about the Germans— they’re on a slow burn right now about Putin, and the Poles are pushing them hard.
I do wonder if the new Ukrainian government is thinking about building The Bomb. Expertise is there, not sure about the uranium - if the stuff in nuclear power plants is usable. Timeline, 6 months? The project would need to be top-top secret, going to be hard with Russian spies running around in Ukraine.