WW3 Please SAY NO!

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by Mark17

Well, it highlights, yet again, why we should produce as much energy here as we can, for our own use as well as our allies. Being dependent on the Middle East and Russia for energy is a miserable strategy.

The economic pain being inflicted on Russia will bring Putin to his knees long before the Ukranians stop fighting. Not to mention, the military isn't backing this invasion, the soldiers have very low morale, protests in Russia continue, supplies and mercenaries are flooding into Ukraine from many (highly motivated) countries, and so on.

Europe has seen this kind of land grab by a megalomaniac before and this time they are confronting it early, with a tightly unified effort.

Frankly, NATO is much stronger now than ever before, and it will soon be adding more members, like Finland for sure.

Putin loses this military quagmire, is humiliated, and will not survive in power. Meanwhile, I'm watching with interest how Bitcoin fares in all this.

Sadly you are incorrect. Baring an overthrow of Putin internally it's highly unlikely what you say plays out. He will take the Ukraine and fairly soon.

Yes, many of the Russian soldiers may be against what they are doing, but remove your American way of thinking. In Russia you do what you are told or you disappear and/or spend your life in prison.

See what happens to their protestors. Are they allowed to protest or thrown in jail?

Putin is old school, he cares nothing about Twitter, Social Media, the free world's opinion of him, etc.

And with all these sanctions has he pulled ANYTHING back, or moved forward with his plan.

He will take Ukraine. They just can't win a war of attrition with Russia.