<<And, no one addresses it correctly... because the correct answer is NO...>>
Agreed. The right time to deal with Russia in Ukraine was back in 2014 / 2015.
Excuse the grumble rant below. It's usually necessary to step through the grumble first. I shall follow up hopefully with much shorter positive thinking note.
The ball was dropped and deliberately not picked up. The the Russian paramilitary insurgents in Donbass (et al) and local resistance fighters were bombarded by Ukraine military, and a guerrilla war fought against Ukraine military. Civilian deaths as usual. Various atrocities and reprisals , probably by both sides.
Meanwhile the OSC counted the exchange of fire like a tennis match umpire, accurately as far as I can tell, an noted Advantage Ukraine. All this was the highest grade propaganda handed to Putin on a 24 carat gold platter to pass along to the Russian population for nearly a decade.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine | OSCE
There was time to prepare for this. If a war is going to be fought, best plan is to win it. I am not impressed with to hoopla in the Western Press to date. Super "go get um" for war and the war industry, while the super fubar event has already happened since 2014. .
I have to hand it to the Russians, they have come a long long way in Propaganda since Radio Moscow in the 1970's. As a young person in those days I would laugh at it. Now who have they got? Scott Ritter. An experienced and knowledgeable ex military person with an honorable record of going out on a wing sorting out the lies of WMD in Iraq. They have RT too, and they make a point of being more accurate and honest appreciation of world evens, with real journalism, before putting thier version of reality on things.
Who have the West got? Far as I know it's Greta Thurnberg for the WEF and Justin Trudeau with his European Halo. Both shooting themselves in the foot as far as dealing with the Russians, Energy use, and dictatorial governments are concerned.
That isn't going hack it imho. So, like the Irish MEP says, it's best to negotiate with the Russian as best as possible, unless the quality of our BS can improve. Maybe that should be explained to the Ukrainians, like it or not. So far their answer is to kill anyone who seeks any kind of settlement, and no Western Leaders have a problem with that. Looks like they have been keen to get this war started and just as keen to lose it.
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