One interesting thing to note is that nobody seems to have recognised his annexations. Some have said they outright won’t (Kazakhstan), others are “staying silent” (Cuba, Venezuela etc). That’s encou… (View Post)

Hope so. But while people talk about Ukraine being existentially committed versus Russia, there is also an imbalance (it seems to me) between the West’s willingness to resort to WMD against Russia, a… (View Post)

Ok thanks. Hopefully the pocket “closes” tonight/tomorrow. (View Post)

I wonder how difficult to be for the West to have Putin thrown out of a tall building. (View Post)

Well, a direct attack on US/NATO would be insane, and strategically non-useful. He can eminently sell annexation of south eastern Ukraine as a win. (View Post)