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Detroit Dan's avatar

If the NY Times is no longer taken seriously after this war, then some good will have been done.

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Dr. James Sempsey's avatar

Excellent article, as usual. Some brief comments and conjectures...

According to some of the Russian analysts I have read, the drive toward Kiev was a feint, designed to draw Ukrainian forces away from key areas in the east and to gauge NATO reaction.

Once currently held positions in the east are solidified and life for citizens there returns to some semblance of normalcy, the Russian military is likely to drive further westward to the Dnieper and south to Odessa, leaving a landlocked western Ukraine rump state. I suspect we should see a new round of western teeth gnashing and "Russian atrocity" as this unfolds - but as for direct NATO counter-action, don't expect much other than hot air and perhaps more outmoded weapons dumps.

Coinciding with the speculated Russian drive west and southward, Europe is going to be experiencing an energy emergency and economic crash the likes of which haven't been seen in 90 years. There will be no appetite among the population to launch a counter offensive per se. However, I wouldn't put it past the demonic main stream media to attempt to blame the Russians for their self-inflicted woes while offering war as the only "viable" solution. It remains to be seen if the gullible public will take the bait.

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