Sadly, I’m realizing that after 1/6 and a President who tried everything to undermind our democracy, most Americans can’t fathom that Russia, an external threat, is just as dangerous (if not more) to our way of life. You don’t defeat Russia in court or with sanctions.
We treat Putin as if we can shame or reason him into negotiation. It’s an absurd idea. Putin has every reason to seize an opportunity of a week and fragmented west. The US is fighting domestically, and NATO and our allies are unwilling to confront Putin.
I’ve dealt with the Soviet KGB and then the Russian GRU, they have waited a long time to make a move like this. You’re not going to role back their intent to knock us out of Eastern Europe w a bilateral talk. They also won’t stop w just Ukraine. They want NATO & the us out.
* pardon the typos. But I’ve spent a great deal of my adult life seeing what the Russian military is willing to do inside the US, and it’s painful to watch us not taking them seriously.
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