Regardless of the division or ‘splintering’ as the writer calls it, this debacle is all the fault of Biden (or whoever controls him) and his ‘diplomacy.’ He and his ‘US intel sources’ goaded Russia into attacking on his SOTU address timetable so he could get a bump in his numbers.
The problem with Dear Leader’s scheme is Zelensky who isn’t satisfied with one of the largest influxes of sophisticated Western weaponry but wants direct Western involvement in fighting his war - to the extent that he’s willing to risk a world war to do it.
Re: 25 - If we can answer fully the Powell Doctrine’s eight questions, that would be a start.
https://mwi.usma.edu/is-the-powell-doctrine-dead-and-gone/