Carlton green wrote: ↑25 Jan 2023, 3:55pm
We’ll have to see what the future brings.
Something no one really knows,especially with a megalomaniac dictator such as Putin
So far NATO has kept its powder dry, perhaps both in case of and to avoid an escalation, and allowed the Russian military to significantly weaken itself
Agreed,though it has had a hand in the supply of weapons to the sovereign Ukainian state if only by individual member states
The mood in Russia has become anti-war too
It certainly seems to be getting that way by the day,thankfully.
If this horrid war had ended earlier then Putin might have been triggered to let off a Nuke, the Russian Army would have been stronger (and capable of invading somewhere again) and the negativity of the Russian people towards invasion of other countries wouldn’t have had a chance to develop
Pure speculation.
In a choice between too truly dreadful situations would an earlier end really have resulted in the better resolution?
Who knows?
Of the two miserable paths I’m inclined to think that the better one has been chosen and anticipate that Russia will retreat behind the bulk of its borders by the end of this year. As for Putin be careful what you wish for, it’s not at all impossible to get someone even worse and we need look no further than the 1930’s to see what can happen in earlier defeated nations.
Possibly but the way Putin and Russia have handled this war has shown the Russian military leadership and regular army up for what it is,an incompetent bunch of ill equipped moronic rabble who's remit seems to be to rampage,thieve,murder,torture and rape civilians as they see fit.
Russia has rapidly become the world's pariah state along with a couple of other similar pitiful countries around the world that side with them.
As for the nukes,if they're as incompetently built as their other military hardware they may not fire or even be as numerous as claimed or may even explode in their bunkers causing more damage to Russians than their targets,though I would like to put them to the test.
What we're seeing IMO is the bear being tamed.
As for the Wagner rabble they should be hunted down like the dogs they are and either executed of imprisoned for life IMO.
Edited for clarity