Agreed.
As to FR and comments on the Ukraine-Russia over time, one finds something....
Fascinating to observe that a thread begun by you, Mariner, "Posted on 2/28/2022," continues to be active as of today with more than six thousand comments.
6,565 posted on 6/14/2024, 1:45:06 AM by AdmSmithIt comes down to the binary -- "1. NATO/US troops on the ground in direct conflict with Russia...or... 2. Make a deal that preserves the Ukrainian state."
If I were Putin, I wouldn’t make a deal. A few hundred thousand more dead and he wins it all. Why not?