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<blockquote data-quote="Danllan" data-source="post: 8200198" data-attributes="member: 8735"><p>Trump is childish, but his re-election seems improbable; as does the incumbent...</p><p></p><p>My '<em>expertise</em>' is decades out of date, but I have a few friends still serving who know their stuff. Setting up any org' from scratch always takes longer than you want, or hope, but it has to be done properly and that does take time. </p><p></p><p>Ukraine has received a hell of a lot of help that hasn't been made public, but it still needs as much more as it can get. It should have been brought into NATO years ago, but France and Germany blocked it and we - and others - didn't push hard enough.</p><p></p><p>Long-term as its economy and accountability improve, maybe after accession to the EU, it almost certainly will join NATO. Russia is a paper tiger with one claw - its nukes. But it knows that using them would mean its own end; it keeps making threats, overt or veiled, but they are getting boring now.</p><p></p><p>The fact is, Russia - i.e. Putin - has humiliated itself dreadfully and there is no way out to save face. It can talk big militarily, but it can't <u>do</u> anything to the West, and it knows this. It has the gas it can turn down, and is, but that's it and even that is a short-term thing. Classic example of painting oneself into a corner...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Danllan, post: 8200198, member: 8735"] Trump is childish, but his re-election seems improbable; as does the incumbent... My '[I]expertise[/I]' is decades out of date, but I have a few friends still serving who know their stuff. Setting up any org' from scratch always takes longer than you want, or hope, but it has to be done properly and that does take time. Ukraine has received a hell of a lot of help that hasn't been made public, but it still needs as much more as it can get. It should have been brought into NATO years ago, but France and Germany blocked it and we - and others - didn't push hard enough. Long-term as its economy and accountability improve, maybe after accession to the EU, it almost certainly will join NATO. Russia is a paper tiger with one claw - its nukes. But it knows that using them would mean its own end; it keeps making threats, overt or veiled, but they are getting boring now. The fact is, Russia - i.e. Putin - has humiliated itself dreadfully and there is no way out to save face. It can talk big militarily, but it can't [U]do[/U] anything to the West, and it knows this. It has the gas it can turn down, and is, but that's it and even that is a short-term thing. Classic example of painting oneself into a corner... [/QUOTE]
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