Russia/Ukraine tensions - Any concern?

interesting.. and well and wisely put .. 

sure anyone following this closely has read this.. but if not.. this a must read...

Thanks for sharing the article, but I believe that there are many parts of it that I think I disagree with Hill on, such as the final part about might makes right. That truly never went away with the end of World War 2. 

World War 3 is of course on the horizon and it will be bloodier than World War 2.

This is f**kING NUTS! 

An US or NATO incursion into Ukrainian airspace might cause accidents you know.... then who would be able to stop a nuclear war?

No sane person would want the US or NATO to get involved in this war directly. 

It will surely turn into a witch hunt... Which will only make Russians inside Russia even angrier. Unfortunately, it is too difficult to find a totally unbiased information during the war. As an Ukrainian trying to be unbiased, I may only repeat that I personally saw no reason worth of invading Ukraine by Russia. What so special happened during these last months that the invasion was necessary? Nobody can understand. If Russia attacked in March 2014 it at least would have been understandable. Here now just nothing happened to cause the invasion. Maybe, their security services had more information than me - I suppose so. But... just invading full scale from the three directions... Are they idiots? Poor planning, poor logistics, chaotical reasoning - what was that? 

As the personal remark, I personally have not experienced with my own body any bombings, shelterings, shootings of anything civilian or anyone civilian - I do not live in Kiev or Kharkiv, though. In my own personal experience, as of now, the Russian military only tried to destroy the military objects or the objects near which Ukrainian weapons were located. Bombings of schools that were mentioned here may be possible, but I personally have not witnessed anything like that. As of now. I remember the times of Euromaidan and tons of lies that were poured in those times - so when I have not witnessed and have not proven it for myself, I'd better stay neutral about it. 

Anyway, pretty nobody asked the Russian military to "liberate" Ukraine. On the other side, in Kiev the local power gave to anyone who wanted to defend the city 25,000 AK-s and 15,000,000 bullets... Was it a good idea? How can the power take those weapons back after the conflict? No way to do it, at all. 

the human being in all of us wishes we would.. or could directly help the Ukraine. Those pictures we see coming out of that country are absolutely heart rending 'Show this to Putin'... the bravery the Ukrainians have exhibited has been truly inspiring. However..

 The truth is Biden (and NATO) are playing this out as it should. Rationally.. not emotionally

Help Ukraine draw this out for as long as possible and give time for the body count and economic sanctions to either stop Putin from moving west to where direct conflict WOULD be unavoidable.. thus a far greater chance of nuclear exchanges.. or the most likely end game I can see to this.  This is Afganistan 1979 all over again for Russia... while Russia will eventually take Kiev and Kharkov.. perhaps even Lvov.  That is a nation of 44 million that wants no part of being part of Putin's Russia... the fighting there could go on for years... 

and those sanctions are going nowhere till Russia is out and Ukraine's internationally recognized borders FULLY restored (yes.. the Crimea included) and either Putin is disposed by the army, oligarches or his own people...or simply kicks the can (if he does indeed have issues that are unknown to us but helped speed this invasion as Hill noted)

I won't comment much here, but our government disregards the "rules based system" all the time if it is suitable for them. The hypocrisy is so obvious to any observer from a million miles away