[Newbomb Turk]

Russia will not win. The Afghan war should have taught them that they will never control the Ukraine. They will be sniped and roadsides bombed forever in Ukraine. Eventually that will migrate into Mother Russia as well.

Many young men will lose their life because of the goals of some old decrepit man. (Putin).

[refermech]

No doubt a real possibility. I wouldn’t bet against it at this point. Time will tell. We(US) didn’t prevail in several of our last adventures.

[bert]

The war has taken a new turn. Putin is now seeking vindicative destruction of as much as he can in Ukraine. He sees Mother Russia is now on life support and may not actually survive his misguided efforts. Thus he is getting in as many destructive licks as he can while he can.

The Russian economy must be destroyed and then rebuilt by those who can take a slice off the top for Ukranian reparations. EXXON, Shell, Total, and BP will combine to form a consortium to run the whole Russian oil business and take 15% of the revenue to rebuild Ukraine.

Oh....... and then there are the rumors. Putin has or is maybe recurring from thyroid cancer. He is turning 70. He sees the mortality handwriting on the wall