re: #294 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I certainly welcome widespread reports of Russian setbacks in the face of stalwart Ukrainian defense. But it is still too early in the game and I think it is a bad idea to underestimate who they are up against. This is all part of a much bigger long-term plan for Vlad the Impatient

Is it part of a long term plan? Or is it the last desperate desperado from someone who can see the writing on the wall? After all, if this fails, there will be several new nato members and a rearmed Germany to contend with. So this is no small decision on Russia’s part, and yet upwards of 5000 dead russian soldiers so far suggests the decision was more desperate impulse rather than coldly calculated realpolitik.