It's a worry.

He's 69, maybe he's thinking I'm not going to make 80 and this is when to do something...he's apparently been bellicose over Ukraine for over a decade.

He has but "why now"?

Unfortunately anyone suggesting nuance is considered a Putin fan.

If you point out that the history of how we got here is more our lying politicians and Nato's fault you are regarded as effectively supporting Hitler or something. We are living in a world where people only want white and black to exist and where grey just annoys them.

I mean people throw about this idea that Putin is Hitler and expect to be taken seriously. Frankly that's an insult to any understanding of scale and history but that's the punch and judy level we reside at now.

I certainly support the Ukraine's right to defend itself. I don't support Putin's invasion. I do support taking a side but I don't support the war drumming and constant irrational commentary. If people want to fight for god's sake get on a plane and then train as they have will let you through Poland to Ukraine without a visa.

Anyone actually interested in looking under the cover knows that Ukraine is incredibly corrupt....frankly while their president is a brave man the more I find out the more appalled I am in our media for what they cover up. They literally act like the Ukrainian government's mouthpiece, even though several propaganda lies have been uncovered.

I'm sceptical of this latest attack on the nuclear plant, the lack of analysis of who benefits is actually more scary than the attack.

We are not living in a time of sanity.

Edited by Stirlingsays (04 Mar 2022 3.15pm)

The outcome of this war will be the west beefing up its operations against Russia, although the border may be pushed back it will force NATO to be expansionary.

So Putin will not achieve his goal even if he wins.

He could have settled with his gains in eastern ukraine which could be justified due to the ignored mini-war against the russian-speaking population.

Now it is him committing the atrocities he accused the ukrainians of, 90% of whom are just ordinary civilians going about their lives.

How he got the idea in his mind of de-nazifying them, now he just lies to himself about everything.

I'm afraid each morning we will discover how hollow and shallow we are in the west, we will not be physically helping Ukraine.

it seems more a brown trousers collapse in certain pants, please respond.