So Russia looks ready to attack Ukraine. For what? Oil? Nah. To increase population? Nah. Just because they can.
And we, warlike since at least the 1950s, are ready to… are ready to… What? Why are we interested?
Putin has nothing much on his mind these days so he wants to start a little war, one that he probably can win, eventually and then what?
Then Ukraine becomes part of what is apparently a re-growing Russian empire? And THEN what?
Then nothing. Life goes on. Commissars from Russia come into Kiev, take over the running of government and the Ukranians just take it? Sure. They probably have to. There’s no way Ukraine can win this war.
And Putin goes fishing. Or rides a horse and gets photographed doing so.
But it’s more than just adding a bunch of square miles to his fiefdom. The reexpansion of the former Soviet Union takes another step backward. And it’s a big step. And it won’t be won easily, but it will be won.
Unless, of course, we step in. Then it becomes another Vietnam or worse. We just can’t seem to avoid little wars, though this one could be big. And it would take years to settle.
If it DOES start, it will probably start big. The Russians probably can defeat Ukraine easily except for the dozens, maybe hundreds of underground resistors that will develop suddenly. Or that we’ll suddenly notice.
This war in the making has been coming for years. When it happens, we’ll all get excited. This will make up for the lack of caring among the Ukranians who have seen it coming for years longer than Putin has planned it.
I’m Wes Richards. My opinions are my own but you’re welcome to them. ®
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