[MercyFlush]

“And French actor Gerard Depardieu sought refuge in Russia from Francois Hollande’s massive “tax the rich” schemes.”

France got the better part of the bargain.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

The interesting thing about any war is that a future outcome is not foreseeable. This nation did not foresee the outcome of Viet Nam, nor of Iraq nor of Afghanistan, nor of Libya and so many more. The outcome of the Ukraine / Russia conflict is also not certain in either direction, to my view.

What is certain is that Francois Hollande in Depardieu's France was driven out of office by events. Which of the European, American and Russian leaders will be standing in a year or two? Given the political fireworks in the German Bundestag only yesterday as Weidel of the AfD and Wagenknecht of dei Linke both raged against the current government, much is in flux.

What seems certain to me is that corruption -- Russian, Ukrainian, European and American (as surely the Biden administration shows) -- is at war with the average citizen there as here.

Cheering for one set of oligarchs in order to be against another set of oligarchs is not the better way to tomorrow. What tomorrow will be remains to be seen. Hopefully one in which all the oligrachs are toppled.