Very smart Lt. Col saying we had an off ramp to tell Russia that Ukraine woul#not become part of NATO.
I felt if we negotiated allowing Western Ukraine to break-off and join NATO while demilitarizing the rest of Ukraine, and declaring it off limits to NATO and Russian troops, that could have worked.
Probably too late now.
That would have been the smart thing. But we doubled down and literally told them we would do as we pleased in Ukraine. Then we shipped in a mountain of missiles to put a fine point on it.
They pretty much had no choice at that point other than to back down. They weren’t going to do that because it really was a security concern for them. So here we are.
And any bets on oil prices? think it’ll break 150?