Originally Posted by
John Marsh
An interesting martial arts analogy. Judo develops the skill of turning one's opponent's strength against them. Guile vs brute force, if you will. Clearly, the Russian way is to favour brute force.
I don't think the free world can afford to allow Ukraine to be defeated. Such an outcome would not be the end of the matter; rather, the start of a grim global future.
Not that Russia would enjoy the future ............ surely a global pariah, decreased market for its oil and gas, decreased export market for arms, unwilling to find business partners because of lack of trust, weakened militarily, weakened morally [not sure if that is possible] and surrounded [they infer] by potential enemies busy augmenting their own forces.
Looks like a Pyrrhic victory to me, should it happen.