RE: Thoughts?10 Apr 2022 13:47
"Trouble is though, the man has nukes, and to attack anyone with nukes, is to risk total annihilation."
the consesus of all the russians that i have heard speak about it is that putin is a bully. if you stand up to him he will back down. turks shot down russian jets and nothing happened. the west supplying arms to ukraine is in reality a declaration of war - let alone the sanctions. putin has no appetite for fighting the west if he can't defeat the ukrainians.
i think usa and west are to a certain extent happy for this war to contine to cripple russia long term. however it will possibly/probably force a global recession like we have never seen . it also will drive russia into china arms.
personally i think there will be a last big push for the east and then peace talks will have to come. putin will have saved face and got out before it turns badly for him...ukraine will keep their country with the east as a buffer zone