I have a high opinion of your intelligence and wit- my post was not implying that you were missing the larger picture- I am sure all of us see the ultimate danger here…

As much as I worry and feel outrage for the atrocities happening to the Ukrainians, I also have deep dread of even a ‘limited’ nuclear exchange that would lead to the deaths of potentially billions. I completely understand that you and others here share that same concern…

But this is also a full-spectrum information war, and what happens in a Russian “all-of-society” war, you soften up the enemy. You get the Tucker Carlsons and Donald Trumps doing your job for you. The fact that Putin managed to persuade Trump that Ukraine belongs to Russia, and that Trump would be willing to give up Ukraine without any kind of fight, that’s a major success for Putin’s information war. I mean he has got swathes of the Republican Party — and not just them, some on the left, as well as on the right — masses of the U.S. public saying, “Good on you, Vladimir Putin,” or blaming NATO, or blaming the U.S. for this outcome. This is exactly what a Russian information war and psychological operation is geared towards. He’s been carefully seeding this terrain as well. We’ve been at war, for a very long time. I’ve been saying this for years.

100% agreement. Listen to experts.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/02/28/world-war-iii-already-there-00012340

One of the members of the negotiating team for Ukraine was discovered to be a spy for RU, was arrested and killed. How did they find out?

The assessment reflects what we are seeing even here on the other side of the planet.

It will be interesting to see how donations to Political Action Committees (PACs) that have been flowing from RU dry up. What sanctions will mean to real estate markets in places like London, Miami, New York… There are several banks that are going to be in trouble – not just with outstanding loans not being paid for, but with no more money to launder, nothing to skim 5% from, a big part of their business plan is gone.

The world is finally figuring out the extensive criminal organization that has been ongoing for decades.

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Russian and Ukraine combined produce a quarter of the world’s Wheat… Much of that is likely to disappear from the market due to the conflict and the sanctions….

Prices will soar, and it will be the poorest people that will starve…

This will lead to new conflicts around the world…