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I hope not. But perhaps whatever happens will accelerate the demise of so-called Western Civilization since meritocracy etc is irrelevant, so the ruling class is more incompetent than ever before.

It is also very telling that none of that would have happened if trump was President, as there was relative peace in those parts of world in 2016-2020.

All's I know is it's good for gold.

Russia is simply following NATO's playbook on how to dismantle a country: Yugoslavia in the early 1990's.

My guess is Putin knows that the west has no leadership and he has almost all the cards (has Europe dependent on Russian energy, knows Bidet is impotent to stop him as proven in Afghanistan, and knows China loves the drama because they want to do the same in their own assumed territories). Plus America has all but abandoned Israel and now Iran, Turkey and Russia all have troops Syria and that makes their coalition a pretty big influence in the Middle East.

PeopleUnited says

My guess is Putin knows that the west has no leadership and he has almost all the cards (has Europe dependent on Russian energy, knows Bidet is impotent to stop him as proven in Afghanistan, and knows China loves the drama because they want to do the same in their own assumed territories). Plus America has all but abandoned Israel and now Iran, Turkey and Russia all have troops Syria and that makes their coalition a pretty big influence in the Middle East.

Very logical

Russia and turkey though have been in a low-key war for a few yrs in Syria and Libya, then Armenia, and now they will be in Ukraine (Turkey provided Ukrainians with their attack drones which are pretty good as they burned a lot of Russian military hardware in Libya, incl nearly all of their anti-aircraft systems).

As if things couldn't be more fucked up with Biden.
An observant world leader sees he's addled and weak, not a leader in any sense of the word.
This invites mischief.
I hope things settle down by summer and by November the bums get thrown out.