Man of Honour
The Ukraine military guy on the live committee conference just a moment ago (Boris speaking now) said words to this effect, that it is their assumption that this is what the Russian army is potentially planning, but that they are more or less ready.
A few key things have come up from all this that are really interesting to think about.
1: Putin has inadvertently bolstered Biden's approval rating. At the State of Union Address on Thursday, Biden has a key opportunity to dramatically increase his rating as current trends suggest if he addresses further and tougher sanctions on Russia.
2: The coming together of many western nations in a form of unity.
3: Warfare at an economic level will devastate a whole country and this is being watched by every country now. Going forwards, nobody in power will want that for their country so as a byproduct, this war will stick in the back of their minds and chances of another country stepping out of line and pulling a future Putin. Also other countries giving armaments to Ukraine has shown that at a global scale, people will come together to fight against the wrongdoers.
4: Propaganda no longer works in the 21st century. With access to the internet and videos of officials on the ground sharing videos of themselves updating the people, as well as citizens sharing videos that o directly against Russian propaganda, the whole world is seeing the Russian government as a laughing stock. No other country would want to fall under the same ridicule in future.
This is a completely new and highly effective form of warfare. Whilst Putin attacks using old school methods that are irrelevant today, Ukraine and others have chosen to stay up to date with the times and we are seeing its effects in real time, usually before even news networks have got hold of footage/photos thanks to social media.
I mean even the Taliban has made a statement basically saying everybody calm down!
