RE: Ukraine FM says aiming for Peace submit28 Dec 2022 07:57
"And what makes you think the ordinary man in the west cares about Putin. We care about the cost of living.
All the moralistic preaching is fantasy."
The 'ordinary man' [and woman!] was aware the money printing was going to catch up one day, and it started to bite coming out of covid end of 2021. The last thing the world needed was a war on the edge of Europe. Putin created the war out of thin air leading directly to a significant deepening of the economic impact of the money printing and slavish adherence to net zero. The ordinary man is well aware that simply turning their back on Ukraine will not reduce the economic woes, but will simply allow time to line up the next one. Economic pain now, more secure for later. And the ordinary man knows this may well lead to WWIII and the danger of ending up under an oppressive regime. Be under no illusions how far people will go to defend their turf and their way of life. Snobby Europe thinking it is the pre-eminent society and culture on earth, the British with their fish & chips, the Nordic countries and their high standard of living. Putin threatens them all, and al of them have resigned themselves to draw the line and push back. Only the demise of Putin and his followers will restore relations and trust with Russia and it will now take at least a generation. The extraordinary exodus of western interests right from the start and ongoing, POLY to join soon, shows just how deep this runs. There is no diplomatic exit for Russia, there will be no accommodation. There will be no appeasement.