It is noteworthy to look at how calm the government of China is, and how calm the government of Saudi Arabia is, and even Modi in India has been eager to strengthen ties with Putin.
Perhaps that is because they expect Russia to win. They certainly are not expecting Ukraine plus 'Western Volunteer Country(s) du jour' to win, otherwise they wouldn't be so calm.
The 'Golden Billion' do not have the resources, manufacturing capacity, or the number of military-age males to achieve any sort of victory.
Those 'calm countries' are sitting back with their popcorn watching the spectacle of the demise of the West.
And if anybody brings nukes into the play, then everybody dies anyway. So as Alfred E Neuman used to say "What? Me worry?". And Old Ma Nature cleans the blackboard of Humanity, her latest failed experiment after the Dinosaurs.
What I keep hearing from my own contacts in Asia and the Mid East is how much the war is not-of-interest in their societies. What I've heard third hand about Africa is they are watching this with a sense of schadenfreude.
Perhaps that is because they expect Russia to win. They certainly are not expecting Ukraine plus 'Western Volunteer Country(s) du jour' to win, otherwise they wouldn't be so calm.
The 'Golden Billion' do not have the resources, manufacturing capacity, or the number of military-age males to achieve any sort of victory.
Those 'calm countries' are sitting back with their popcorn watching the spectacle of the demise of the West.
And if anybody brings nukes into the play, then everybody dies anyway. So as Alfred E Neuman used to say "What? Me worry?". And Old Ma Nature cleans the blackboard of Humanity, her latest failed experiment after the Dinosaurs.