Passing thought:

For everyone who believes Putin is bluffing about using Nukes if NATO gets in the fight, I offer this,.....

Think of Putin as an abusive husband who says , I'll kill you if you leave me.

Now tell me your willing to roll the dice

@WeThePeople when do you decide you have been beaten ‘enough’? At what point is the risk of being killed worth it knowing the beating never stop and will get worse?

The analogy is spot on…we are also on a slow walk to the inevitable.

I am hoping his arsenal his as well maintained as his military….which means a whole lot of failures and issues—that’s my hope anyway.

@Thumprhare

The main point in my analogy is that Putin operates like a sociopath, and trying to say you know he will or wont do X is kind of stupid

Another analogy, your standing on the roof of a ten story building, the guy on your right says that white squared below you is an air bag, it'll be fine, jump

the guy on your right tells you its a big sheet of paper.

but if you dont jump, you might live

@WeThePeople putin has the Malignant Triad—just like 45…just like Hitler did etc. From a mental health perspective he is exactly like an abusive spouse—we need to assume he will use them if given the opportunity—the best hope we have (imo) is someone ‘removes’ him. That may or may not happen. The current bet seems to be sacrificing 40M to potentially save 6B people—the thing is unless he is gone this will continue. If the potential end result is the same—do we risk it? Guess we know in 1-2 wks