1) Even if America had a strong leader and Russia a weak one, my opinion on the crisis in Ukraine would remain the same. Because leadership strength is a separate issue from more pressing ones such as (a) American national interests and (b) who has the moral high ground among the parties involved in the dispute.Cool Breeze wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 11:27 pm1) is incorrect already. America is losing in every aspect, as is her half dead president = Russia wins in terms of NATO and in terms of optics, but mostly regarding the first topic they have an imperative on defense and positioning.
2) is mostly correct on its claims. I don't have a big enough gripe to dispute any of those larger issues as to why it always would be looked at as a challenge. Brower and friends would argue otherwise, by the way, as a side note.
2) I see you're warming up to the "Eurasian Balkans" theory.