I think the State Department is playing it fairly smart. I've said this before on here, my wife is Russian, from Sochi, the Southern Portion, and she is not pro-Putin and never has been.

Here is the danger that worries me to death from the West. The West is mounting sanctions on Russia which is a good thing. We need it to hurt Putin. He needs to feel it. We need sanctions heavily to end this non-sense War, buthere is the danger and I stand by this. If Russia sees this situation with the World as no way out, as having no possible future, where common Russian's can't eat or withdrawal cash from an ATM, they will not take it. They will not accept it. My wife has told me that and she doesn't like Putin, but the tide is already turning slowly with the Russian people NOT in support of the War. They aren't in Support of the War, but they are definitely not in support of the stuff going on in the West such as seizing yachts, not allowing special olympics kids to compete who have ZERO to do with the war, by not allowing Russian airplanes to land in Europe or the USA which has zero to do with a Russian Citizen from Siberia that half way knows there is a war going on.

Sanctions are good. Going the extra mile to kill the Russian economy forever will result in nuclear war. My wife has at least told me this. She said if the Russian people are cut off from the world to the point that there is no way out, then she feels that not just her, but the majority of Russia would actually be in favor of ending it for everyone. This is scary. It's dangerous and it's not being reported in the West. Sun Tzu's Art of War said, always leave the defeated enemy with a small way out, because if you don't, that enemy is never defeated and lives in desperation, and desperation can cause both sides defeat. As it applies to today's time, that means nuclear conflict.

Example. Ukraine wants a NATO blockage of Airspace in Ukraine which automatically commits US and NATO Airplanes. If that happens, I'm telling you now, Russia immediately withdrawals all troops from Ukraine and the West cheers, and within 24 hours of leaving the country, the drop a nuclear bomb on Kiev..

[Post edited by hokiepokie4321 at 03/04/2022 2:45PM]