Russia has a relatively small population.
Russia has a relatively small economy.
Russia’s military has not covered itself in glory in Ukraine.
Why would Russia now pick a fight with NATO? Does anyone think that Russia is going to invade Western Europe?
People should understand that something else is going on. Maybe WE are picking a fight with THEM? We are the prime movers here — do we understand our motives? We delude ourselves if we think that we are the Good Guys.
I don’t th8nk there’s a fight.
Just a mutually agreed upon noisy occupation.
As for the alleged NATO buildup, I’m wondering it’s really just a cover for money laundering to the EU.
Its PIIGS problem is about to go nuclear, I suspect.
Yeah, we haven’t been the good guys for some time. It broke my heart to come to that conclusion, but here we are.
I truly don’t think there are any Good Guys here. But one thing is for sure. Russia is the Bad Guy. It was Putin who sent tanks rolling across an international border. He started all the killing.
Having said that, I agree with you that Russia is no threat to NATO. So why are we beefing up our forces there? And why is NATO expanding its rapid-response force?
The whole thing seems unnecessarily provocative.
With the additional EU supplied long range rocket systems, when do the attacks on Moscow start?
My opinion and a buck will still get you a cup of coffee some places, but here’s what I see.
The sanctions aren’t working to stop Russia, but they are inflicting lots of pain in the west. These world ‘leaders’ aren’t going to just slink away and drop these sanctions, there’s no way that happens. They simply cannot stand the blowback from their citizens for wrecking their economies over this war and admitting failure. They will not go back, they have worked too hard to build this scenario.
Nothing like a shooting war to rally all to the Flag and forget about how our country is circling the drain thanks to Biden’s handlers.