“You don’t need to educate me”
Far from me the idea if doing that.
We know each other for quite a while now, and I have the utmost respect for your intellectual qualites and multiple competences.
Allow me to sum it up in a non-partisan, non-emotional, realpolitics fashion:
“Vent my folly!” - William Shakespeare
After the fall of Soviet Union, US and NATO believed that it owned the world and acted accordingly, in a ruthless way; they destabilized the whole planet Earth through their interventions.
And here they stumbled upon a tough bone they can’t chew at - V.Putin. They can’t make war to him - he has nukes. They can’t use the gimmick UN against him, he has veto power. They can’t blackmail him, he keeps Europe by its energy needs’ balls. They can’t ruin him, Russia’s soil being filthy rich, with only 10% of this richness exploited. Wait until Putin industrialises Siberia. Besides , he’s got on his side the rising economy stars India and China.
Regards
Daisy
Yes, possibly, but it doesn't make me a Putin's admirer. He is a product of the Soviet system and sooner or later will end up on the trash heap where the rest of it is. When someone -- anyone, -- humiliates him and hopefully defeats him, he is bringing liberation of Russia closer.