Submitted by M Tovey (United States), Jun 21, 2022 at 16:13
The constant commentaries of the viabilities of the Russian's continued prosecution (persecution) of the Ukranian vulnerabilities and the weak defensive support of the Ukraine, all appear to seek the underlying issue or reasoning of why the offensve rage of murderous hostilites towards the Ukranian people was thought to be necessary; all evidence being promoted now is unsufficient to justify any such actions; to the contrary, the Russian is present all the mental stability of the Stalin (of whom, emulation appears to be a supportalbe contention) or a former enemy of the expired Soviet State, the leader of the Third Reich.
While the Russian does not appear to being exhibiting any messianic proclivities for the moment, the rages of ambition to excesses of empire are indeed present and reanimation of the former Soviet intrigues are rampant in the excesses now made manifest. Even without the use of the mysteriously relucant air arm, enough damage in being done that if left unchecked, will escalate to certain challenges NATO will be forced to respond to if for no other reason than its own creditabilty. Intrigue in the Bavarian G7 meeting puts an interesting spin of how unified that situation might be if NATO does not have full support.
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