Thought provoking post. And, as I had said very early in this thread, China gains the most and China would be the next target if Russia falls now. If Ukraine is Russia's new Afghanistan then Ukraine is also the West's new Afghanistan. The two prime beneficiaries are China and America, at least for the foreseeable future. The rest of 'the West' has been conned again by the neocons in America!!
Yup. Though I am not convinced about the Nazi angle in Ukraine, Trump, who went to the DMZ and shook hands with Kim, was a businessman above all and certainly not as in bed with the various Lobbies in Washington as the good old Biden is.
Long term, yes, Russia will lose but not because of this war. It will be because of the weaknesses in the Russian society and declining birthrate. But short term? Once Putin takes and consolidates his gains in the eastern / southern Ukraine, he will have attained a glory even beyond Russia on short term basis. I don't think once Russia consolidates gains in the mainly Russian-speaking eastern/southern regions of Ukraine there will be as much damage or even civil war in those occupied region as some are implying here. On the contrary... Russians would have some rivers are natural boundaries, relatively pliant local population, and military infra closer to Kiev than ever before after the consolidation.
PS. What we are witnessing is never seen since the end of World War 2, which is nothing short of a gigantic geostrategic shifts. The cursed Eurasian continent, of which Pakistan is unfortunately not a distant part of, is yet again going to shape human history for the next many decades. Fascinating and frightening at the same time!!
Well put many just see military victory or defeat but have lost the big picture looking at small details.