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Originally Posted by pip08456
Makes you wonder what the future has to hold for us. Fear of a Nuclear war will only allow Putin to get away with whatever he wants. When will that fear end. Not something I'd like to decide on.
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Well this was my issue, and I admit I was of the opinion that a Russian victory, or a surrender on Russian terms was the inevitable outcome, but in the last several days my opinion is changing.
Listening to several expert views on this, that say that Putin is not mad, and certainly not suicidal, and that a nuclear exchange is really not on the cards, whatever the outcome.
It also looks like now Russia won’t/can’t win, and they are now looking for a way out with a weakened negotiation position.
It looks like, although the West seemed passive after the Crimean invasion, they weren’t and they have trained and armed Ukraine for this eventually.
This is truly amazing on geo-political scale. I witnessed the fall of the Soviet Union, I may well witness the fall of Russia as a meaningful world power.
They really are and should be a world power, but not under Putin.