This is Putin fighting against the inevitable, like a spoiled child. Ukraine wants to join Europe in some fashion. They want to be able to travel where they wis

This is Putin fighting against the inevitable, like a spoiled child. Ukraine wants to join Europe in some fashion. They want to be able to travel where they wish, to make good salaries from US or European companies, to be free to choose. Many in their 30s are all good English speakers. They would like to join the rest of the world. They are no longer really in the Russian 'sphere of influence', whatever that means anymore. And they are some of the smartest and best educated people in the world, so why shouldn't they? Putin is fighting a losing, regressive fight against the future. If he chooses to invade, there will be hell to pay, and the rest of the world should be willing to help a free people defend themselves.