07-03-22, 09:54 PM
(06-03-22, 05:54 PM)robbo link Wrote: Having watched a lot of the live news from Ukraine over the last week or so, the grit and determination of the population, became more than evident. I watched a documentary film on Netflix, Winter on Fire. It certainly gave an insight how a city’s residents can really strive against adversity, no matter how ill quipped they were. Certainly made an impact on me.
What worries me a tad, is that Putin is former KGB (Cold War) - he's looking at reclaiming the territories that went from their control when the wall came down. With that as a target, he will not tolerate any humiliation from the West/NATO. If he becomes humiliated in anyway (example withdrawal from Ukraine), I wouldn't be surprised to see a limited nuclear strike, which would be closely followed up by a retaliatory strike from the Alliance. Then it snowballs from tit for tat into China having a go at Taiwan, to antagonise the US into making a bad move.
Putin will certainly go down in history for something - lets hope its more humanitarian than starting the end of the world as we know it. Some people will regard this as a conspiracy theory, along with a tin foil hat, but................