There’s still time for a loyal Russian to kill Putin.
Bismarck said. “A soldiers life is like a penny, only good when spent.” One loses lives when one goes on the attack. Were all those American GIs who died on D-day cause to assassinate FDR? No, we call them heroes. So too the war in Ukraine. The NeoCon hope is the Preservation of the American Dollar Empire. It is based upon several assumptions; 1. The war will not go nuke. 2. China will stay out (or join USA/NATO to steal Siberia) 3. We can win within a year. 4. Force Russia to change governments to one we can control as we have England and Germany. Iran will be taken out by Israelis. It just might work. But war is an odd thing. It takes on a life of its own and can go in directions one can’t imagine. Many of our Allies and client states will back us but how good are they? Who will back Russia? Wild cards are India and South Africa, all of BRICKS. I fear we are in for a wild ride and in the end a lot of folks will be dead.
But, why would you think that would change anything in Russia?
The Russian people are overwhelming behind the war in Ukraine. The annexed territory, by law, is part of the Russian Federation.