The concern in my mind is that everyone is far too sanguine that we will avoid WW3.
It will require mature thought. Somewhere between "get your retaliation in first" and "don't risk upsetting Putin too much" is the path to de-escalation.
Getting the Russians to give up will be extremely difficult unless there is a major shift in attitude from them. I fear the only people who can end this are the Ukrainians, and if they decide they've had enough then it might only encourage further empire building.
I imagine the thinking on the NATO side has got as far as "Ukraine must not lose".
I hope there are some back channels to the Kremlin and that they are getting the right messages. Good thing Trump isn't still in charge. He doesn't look to me like a man who thinks he has anything to learn from anybody, or from history.
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